LINGUIST List 23.909 Wed Feb 22 2012 Books: Writing Systems: Campbell, Moseley Editor for this issue: Danniella Hornby <daniellalinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Tara Thomas , The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets: Campbell, Moseley Message 1: The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets: Campbell, Moseley Date: 16-Feb-2012 From: Tara Thomas <tara.thomastaylorandfrancis.com> Subject: The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets: Campbell, Moseley E-mail this message to a friend Title: The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets Subtitle: 2nd Edition Published: 2011 Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis)                 http://www.routledge.com/ Book URL: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415560979/ Author: George L. Campbell Author: Christopher Moseley Hardback: ISBN: 9780415560986 Pages: 200 Price: U.S. $ 140.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9780415560986 Pages: 200 Price: U.K. £ 85.00 Paperback: ISBN: 9780415560979 Pages: 200 Price: U.K. £ 24.99 Paperback: ISBN: 9780415560979 Pages: 200 Price: U.S. $ 45.95 Abstract: Now in paperback, "The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets" is a unique reference to the main scripts and alphabets of the world. The Handbook presents over 60 alphabets covering an enormous scope of languages; from Amharic and Chinese to Thai and Cree. Full script tables are given for every language and each entry is accompanied by a detailed overview of its historical and linguistic context. New to this second edition: -enhanced introduction discussing the basic principles and strategies utilized by world writing systems -expanded to include more writing systems -improved presentation of non-Roman scripts. -organised into ancient, contemporary and autochthonous writing systems -many new entries on fascinating and lesser-known writing systems. This handy resource is the ideal reference for all students and scholars of language and linguistics. Linguistic Field(s): Writing Systems Written In: English (eng) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=59392 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue -------------------------- Major Supporters -------------------------- Brill http://www.brill.nl Cambridge Scholars Publishing http://www.c-s-p.org Cambridge University Press http://us.cambridge.org Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/ Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd http://www.continuumbooks.com De Gruyter Mouton http://www.degruyter.com/mouton Edinburgh University Press http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/ Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics Emerald Group Publishing Limited http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ Equinox Publishing Ltd http://www.equinoxpub.com/ European Language Resources Association - ELRA http://www.elra.info. Georgetown University Press http://www.press.georgetown.edu Hodder Education http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ Lincom GmbH http://www.lincom.eu MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/ Morgan & Claypool Publishers Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG http://www.narr.de/ Oxford University Press http://www.oup.com/us Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com Pearson Linguistics http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/linguistics Peter Lang AG http://www.peterlang.com Rodopi http://www.rodopi.nl/ Routledge (Taylor and Francis) http://www.routledge.com/ Springer http://www.springer.com University of Toronto Press http://www.utpjournals.com/ Wiley-Blackwell http://www.wiley.com ---------------------- Other Supporting Publishers ---------------------- Association of Editors of the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics http://www.fl.ul.pt/revistas/JPL/JPLweb.htm Graduate Linguistic Students' Association, Umass http://glsa.hypermart.net/ International Pragmatics Assoc. http://www.ipra.be Linguistic Association of Finland http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/ Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT http://www.lotpublications.nl/ Pacific Linguistics http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ SIL International http://www.ethnologue.com/bookstore.asp University of Nebraska Press Utrecht institute of Linguistics http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/ Page Updated: 22-Feb-2012       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.