Query Details
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Recent changes in Writing Systems in CIS
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| Author: | Alla Sobirova | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Writing Systems
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| Query: |
Hello, my name is Alla Sobirova. I am doing the research on the topic
“Recent changes in Writing Systems in CIS”. First, I want to discuss what changes took place in writing systems for the 20th century concentrating on CIS. So I am looking for materials (articles, books) that can help me make an analysis. I would really appreciate if somebody can give me recommend information or where to find it on the topic. I was able to find some information but only in Russian and it was very old (Istrin V.-The History of Writing-Moscow,1965). I know there are some more recent publications but I could not find them yet. I would be thankful if somebody could help with that too. Here is the example of what I want to do. I borrowed it from my master thesis: Neshi (naskh) has a rounded cursive and was used for writing letters, business documents, and wherever there was more need in speed than in sophistication and elegance of form. By the XII century Kufic style was out of use everywhere except in North Africa, where it developed into a style of writing the Maghreb, which is used today. Neshi (naskh) continues to be applied-it developed most of the later styles of Arabic calligraphy. The most important of its varieties are elegant nasta'lik (Persia), ri'ka (Ottoman Empire), sofas (Turkey), sools-for ornamental purposes, siakan (the Janissaries), rayhan, muhakkak. |
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| LL Issue: | 22.3256 | |
| Date posted: | 15-Aug-2011 | |
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