Discovering Language - the Alphabet Story
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Presents the history of written language, showing the development of different codes, from prehistoric picture writing to Egyptian hieroglyphics, to the Phoenician, Greek and Roman alphabets. Shows that the alphabet is one of several possible systems of writing and explais why it is a good system.
Copyright
Registered 1Mar73 · MP24227 (Jul-Dec 1973) Copyright holder: Coronet Instructional Materials, a division of Esquire, Inc.:
More in Discovering Language Series
- Discovering Language - How English Borrowed Words 1973
- Discovering Language - How Words Are Made 1973
- Discovering Language - How Words Get New Meanings 1973
- Discovering Language - the Alphabet Story 1973
- Discovering Language - Varieties Of English 1973
- Discovering language: how English changed in America. 1973
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, genre, description, catalog record
- U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright
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