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The English Writing System Chapter Six
The English Writing System Chapter Six
Writing
System
Chapter Six
The origin of writing…..
Writing first emerged from early people’s efforts to
record their experiences and to leave messages for
others.
Types of orthographies:
• Logographic, chinese, syllabic, and alphabetic.
The most wide spread type of
writing is alphabetic…
This derives from ancient Hebrew, Greek, and Roman
languages.