An edition of Language visible (2002)
Language visible
unravelling the mystery of the alphabet from A to Z
By David Sacks
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Publish Date
2003
Publisher
Broadway Books
Language
eng
Pages
395
Description:
A very well researched history of the Roman alphabet, used throughout the world today, presented in a light, lively style, with plenty of humour that underplays its serious scholarship. Lavishly illustrated and annotated.
subjects: Alphabet, History, English language
People: Phoenicians, Ancient Greeks, Etruscans, Romans. Germans
Places: Phoenicia, Greece, Italy
Times: 2000 BCE - 1000 BCE