The idea of writing : play and complexity

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Table of contents Acknowledgements Introducing writing on writing Alex de Voogt Play in writing Strange byways in cuneiform writing Irving L. Finkel Scripts and shapes: Chinese characters and Japanese syllabaries in early modern Japan Margarita Winkel Substitution, substitution, substitution: the many faces of Maya writing Erik Boot Loanwords From group-writing to word association: representation and integration of words in Egyptian script Joachim Friedrich Quack What is being borrowed? Language and script contact in Taiwan Henning Kloter The adaptation of the cuneiform script to languages Wilfred H. van Soldt Loanwords, foreign words, and signs in Maya writing Erik Boot On loans and additions to the Fidal (Ethiopic) writing system Azeb Amha Languages and scripts in the Maldive Islands: coding and encoding Alex de Voogt Foreign terms in Sanskrit pertaining to writing Harry Falk Polysemy Reducing polyvalency in writing systems: from Egyptian to Meroitic Claude Rilly Difficult hieroglyphs and unreadable Demotic? How the ancient Egyptians dealt with the complexities of their script Joachim Friedrich Quack Maya Writing: synonyms and homonyms, polyvalency and polysemy Erik Boot In the interstices of representation: ludic writing and the locus of polysemy in the Chinese sign Wolfgang Behr Towards another script Egyptian writing for non-Egyptian languages and vice-versa: a short overview Joachim Friedrich Quack The Caroline Islands script: a linguistic confrontation Alex de Voogt The interaction of syllabic and alphabetic cuneiform writing in Ugarit Wilfred H. van Soldt Writing Dance Joukje Kolff Index

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