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Peer reviewedSchmandt-Besserat, Denise – Written Communication, 1986
Reviews an archaic system of notation using tokens that is the direct progenitor of Sumerian writing. (HOD)
Descriptors: Ancient History, Anthropological Linguistics, Archaeology, Diachronic Linguistics
Peer reviewedMedway, Peter – Written Communication, 1996
Endorses recent arguments for more study of writing that shapes and directs the production of material artifacts and for considering writing as one semiotic mode among others. Considers a case of "nonwritten" symbolic production, architectural design, for what it may suggest for the study and teaching of writing. (TB)
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Philosophy, Research Needs
