Author : William A. Katz
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 39,99 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780810832909
Provides a brief history of how reference works developed, but concentrates on how they reflect attitudes of their particular period of publication. Each chapter focuses on a basic reference form and highlights the major titles in its evolution.
Author : Amalia E. Gnanadesikan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 33,14 MB
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1444359851
In a world of rapid technological advancements, it can be easy to forget that writing is the original Information Technology, created to transcend the limitations of human memory and to defy time and space. The Writing Revolution picks apart the development of this communication tool to show how it has conquered the world. Explores how writing has liberated the world, making possible everything from complex bureaucracy, literature, and science, to instruction manuals and love letters Draws on an engaging range of examples, from the first cuneiform clay tablet, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Japanese syllabaries, to the printing press and the text messaging Weaves together ideas from a number of fields, including history, cultural studies and archaeology, as well as linguistics and literature, to create an interdisciplinary volume Traces the origins of each of the world’s major written traditions, along with their applications, adaptations, and cultural influences
Author : Karen Radner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 34,21 MB
Release : 2011-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 019161761X
The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, was witness to one of the world's oldest literate cultures. For over three millennia, it was the vehicle of communication from (at its greatest extent) Iran to the Mediterranean, Anatolia to Egypt. The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture examines the Ancient Middle East through the lens of cuneiform writing. The contributors, a mix of scholars from across the disciplines, explore, define, and to some extent look beyond the boundaries of the written word, using Mesopotamia's clay tablets and stone inscriptions not just as 'texts' but also as material artefacts that offer much additional information about their creators, readers, users and owners.
Author : C. B. F. Walker
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 21,60 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
"The cuneiform writing system flourished in the Near East from before 3000 B. C. to 75 A. D. This book surveys the development of the script from the earliest pictograph signs to the latest astronomical tables and the process by which it came to be used for writing many different Near Eastern languages. Sample texts show how the script is analysed into words and syllables and how to read the names of the most famous kings as they appear on monuments. In addition, extracts from contemporary Sumerian literature and school texts give an account of the training of the scribes, and the various types of inscription they wrote are illustrated. The decipherment of cuneiform is explained and - for the collector - some guidelines for the identificaiton of fake inscriptions are given." - back cover.
Author : Jean-Jacques Glassner
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 20,90 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780801873898
In "The Invention of Cuneiform" Jean-Jacques Glassner offers a compelling introduction to a seminal era in human history. Returning to early Mesopotamian texts that have been little studied or poorly understood, he traces the development of writing from the earliest attempts to the sophisticated system of roughly 640 signs that constituted the Sumerian repertory by about 3200 B.C.
Author : Marc Van De Mieroop
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 37,10 MB
Release : 2005-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1134646410
Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History discusses how the abundant Mesopotamian cuneiform text sources can be used for the study of various aspects of history: political, social, economic and gender. Marc Van De Mieroop provides a student-friendly introduction to the subject and: * criticises disciplinary methodologies which are often informed by a desire to write a history of events * scrutinises the intellectual background of historical writings * examines how Mesopotamia's position as the 'other' in Classical and Biblical writings has influenced scholarship * illustrates approaches with examples taken from the entirety of Mesopotamian history.
Author : Karen Radner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 47,7 MB
Release : 2011-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0199557306
An authoritative guide to the Ancient Middle East as seen through the lens of cuneiform writing, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia. Written by a team of international scholars, with chapter bibliographies and numerous illustrations, the Handbook is a state-of-the-art guide to the discipline as well as offering pathways for future research.
Author : Denis Bernd Fisseler
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,42 MB
Release : 2019
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 50,50 MB
Release : 2024-05-04
Category : Computers
ISBN :
What is Optical Character Recognition Optical character recognition or optical character reader (OCR) is the electronic or mechanical conversion of images of typed, handwritten or printed text into machine-encoded text, whether from a scanned document, a photo of a document, a scene photo or from subtitle text superimposed on an image. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Optical character recognition Chapter 2: Typeface Chapter 3: Handwriting recognition Chapter 4: Image scanner Chapter 5: Optical mark recognition Chapter 6: Intelligent character recognition Chapter 7: Tesseract (software) Chapter 8: OCRopus Chapter 9: CuneiForm (software) Chapter 10: Comparison of optical character recognition software (II) Answering the public top questions about optical character recognition. (III) Real world examples for the usage of optical character recognition in many fields. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Optical Character Recognition.
Author : Denis Bernd Fisseler
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 43,2 MB
Release : 2019
Category :
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