THE ALPHABET (En papel)

DAVID SACKS, ARROW (RANDOM), 2004
ISBN 9780099436829

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Datos del libro

Nº de páginas: 400 págs.
Editorial: ARROW (RANDOM)
Lengua: INGLÉS
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
ISBN: 9780099436829
Año edicón: 2004
Plaza de edición: LONDON

Sinopsis

There is a story behind each letter of the alphabet. How did A become the symbol for quality or the badge worn by adulterers in Puritan England? Why is X the mark of the Unknown or shorthand for a kiss? When did Z, the least-used letter in English, become an emblem of African-American Hip Hop culture? Which two letters came last, historically, to the alphabet? (J and V). How did a few squiggles, invented 4000 years ago to denote sounds of a now vanished Semitic language, survive to become our letters today? While China and Japan rely mainly on scripts of ideograms, three-quarters of humanity uses some kind of alphabet. Chinese writing requires 2000 basic symbols, with an inventory of 60,000, where an alphabet needs typically less than 30.
From A to Z, David Sacks provides answers to the most fascinating questions about the way we talk, write and think, in a book that takes you on a gripping journey through 40 centuries of the alphabet's evolution.