The birth of

the alphabet
as we know it

 Last

lesson we looked at the importance

of the development of writing.
We also looked at different systems of
writing, some of which we can see in
writing systems today (chinese, greek)

 Cuneiform,

hieroglpyhics and Chinese

characters all three could be used to
trascribe words or syllables.

Hieroglphics
Pictograms
Phonograms
Signs

used to show which categrory a

sign is in.

Chinese
A

single sound can represent several

different things depending on how it is
written.
Each character is formed of a key
= basic meaning
Phonetic element to show how to
pronounce it
=caligraphy contributes to meaning
colour of ink used, intensity of the stroke

Tree

forest

Problem!

By 1200 BC various writing systems were being

used in India, China and Europe and Egypt.

There were 2 fundemental problems what

were they?

There was no common writing system which

allowed all 3 civilizations to communicate with
eachother.
Due to the complex nature of the scripts one
had to master a large number of signs and
charachters to be able to read and write.

Phonetian phenomen!
100

BC roman alphabet was invented

Result of location, time, crossover and
osmosis

What is an alphabet?
Set

of symbols that represent sounds

and not things
=one can represent any noise, any word
in any language

International Alphabets

20/21 Project
Refer

to project pack.