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A B C et Cetera: The Life & Times of the Roman Alphabet

Book by Alexander Humez, Nicholas Humez; David R. Godine, 1987

Subjects:

Latin Language--Alphabet, Latin Language--Glossaries, Vocabularies, Etc, Rome--Miscellanea

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...The Life Times of the Roman Alphabet Alexander Nicholas Humez...Preamble This is a book about the Roman alphabet and the people who used it as...Scandinavia were offshoots of the Roman alphabet that eventually replaced them...
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The Roman Letter: A Study of Notable Graven and Written Forms from Twenty Centuries in Which Our Latin Alphabet Moved toward Its High Destiny as the Basic Medium of Printed Communication throughout the Western World

Book by James Hayes; R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1951

Subjects:

Paleography, Latin

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...the ultimate origins of the Roman alphabet. Rather, it will trace the...governing the construction of a Roman capital alphabet by geometrical means. Feliciano...included a treatise on both a Roman and Gothic alphabet as part of his book Unterweysung...
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Alpha to Omega: The Life & Times of the Greek Alphabet

Book by Alexander Humez, Nicholas Humez; David R. Godine, 1983

Subjects:

Greek Language--Alphabet

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...letter underlies the Roman letter f. Koppa...versions of the alphabet between pi and rho...the basis of the Roman letter q. Sampi...position in the alphabet but was nonetheless...addition to the Roman alphabet. Center is from...
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The Alphabet Abecedarium: Some Notes on Letters

Book by Richard A. Firmage; David R. Godine, 1993

Subjects:

Alphabet--History, Alphabets, Printing--History

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...lore and information about the Roman alphabet replaces charming illustrations...languages -- prime example being the Roman alphabet used for most modern tongues...the basis for the Etruscan and Roman alphabets. The Greek letters underwent gradual...
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The Triumph of the Alphabet: A History of Writing

Book by A. C. Moorhouse; Henry Schuman, 1953

Subjects:

Alphabet, Writing

Collections: Entire Library

...scientific forms of writing. 4. Insufficiency of Roman alphabet--Problem of un phonetic spelling--Opposition...for example, the difference between a Greek, a Roman, and a Sanskrit alphabet. Edward Sapir has an illuminating comment on...

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Staging Language: Milca Mayerova and the Czech Book Alphabet

Journal article by Matthew S. Witkovsky; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 86, 2004

Subjects:

Alphabet (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Mayerova, Milca--Criticism and interpretation, Mayerova, Milca--Performances, Nezval, Vitezslav--Authorship, Nezval, Vitezslav--Criticism and interpretation, Poetry, Teige, Karel--Criticism and interpretation, Teige, Karel--Works

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...close ally, linguist Roman Jakobson. (27) Jakobson...viewpoint that gave the alphabet foundational importance...As is well known, Roman Jakobson began his...experiment undertaken in Alphabet, although the concerns...gender." (29.) Roman Jakobson, "Konec...Nezvals line in "Alphabet" for the letter O...
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Preferences for Capital Letters of the Alphabet

Journal article by Franz Loosen; Journal of General Psychology, Vol. 118, 1991

Subjects:

Psychoanalysis

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Experiment 1 All capital letters of the alphabet were presented in pairs to each subject...fast-decay phosphor. Stimulus letters were Roman capitals presented as thin, green, illuminated...proportion with which each letter of the alphabet is preferred to all other letters. Thus...
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Reader-Investigators in the Post-Nouveau Roman: Lahougue, Peeters, and Perec

Journal article by Michel Sirvent; The Romanic Review, Vol. 88, 1997

Subjects:

Detective and mystery stories--France, French fiction--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Lahougue, Jean--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Peeters, Benoit--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Perec, Georges--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the ones defended by Jean Ricardou in Problemes du Nouveau Roman. Both authors renounce any extra-textual point of departure...the stanzas," building "a plot on a number, and using the alphabet to establish a series of crimes" (Combes 10), so Perec proceeds...
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The Roman Empire as Known to Han China

Journal article by Edwin G. Pulleyblank; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, 1999

Subjects:

China--History, Historical linguistics--Analysis, Rome (Ancient)--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Forms in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) labeled EMC (Early Middle Chinese...Persian Gulf, could have stimulated the Roman authorities in distant Macedonia to send...Hirth, Friedrich. 1885. China and the Roman Orient: Researches into their Ancient...
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Gimel, K, and Q: Alphabetic Form and Purging the English Language

Journal article by Sarah M. Smith; Art Journal, Vol. 53, 1994

Subjects:

English language--History, Phonetic alphabet--Analysis

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...putrefying process of creating our alphabet when, after a number of failed...he resigned himself and the Roman Empire to the letter G by adding...Oscillations: Signage in the Roman Empire," Journal of Latin and...Philadelphia. 22. Firmage, Alphabet Abecedarium. 23. Adua Grapelli...

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Can You Read the Writing on the Wall? the Decline and Fall of the Roman Alphabet in Modern Britain

Magazine article by Jonathan Glancey; New Statesman, Vol. 126, April 18, 1997

Subjects:

Alphabets--Appreciation, Lettering--Appreciation, United Kingdom--Popular culture

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...wall? The decline and fall of the Roman alphabet in modern Britain. by Jonathan...Its designer had taken Trajans alphabet and shorn away some of the serifs...homage to the lucid simplicity of Roman lettering. This is why London...
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Six Days: On Learning a New Alphabet

Magazine article by Jesse Wegman; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 283, May 1999

Subjects:

Greek alphabet, Language instruction

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...the Greek letters. Thanks to the Etruscans, most of the letters that found their way across the sea made it into the Roman alphabet, from which ours is derived. The ones that didnt carry over we still know if we are fraternity or sorority members...
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New-Alphabet Disease? It's Tough Suddenly Changing from One Alphabet to Another. Azerbaijan Is on Its Third One This Century

Magazine article by Toby Lester; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 280, July 1997

Subjects:

Azerbaijan--Political aspects

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...in the sixth century B.C. Alexander the Great came two centuries later, and Roman legions three centuries after that. The Arabs brought Islam--and the Arabic alphabet--to the region in the seventh century A.D., and in subsequent centuries the...
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New-Alphabet Disease: It's Tough Suddenly Changing from One Alphabet to Another. Azerbaijan Is on Its Third One This Century

Magazine article by Toby Lester; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 280, July 1997

Subjects:

Alphabets--Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan, Language and languages

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...in the sixth century B.C. Alexander the Great came two centuries later, and Roman legions three centuries after that. The Arabs brought Islam--and the Arabic alphabet--to the region in the seventh century A.D., and in subsequent centuries the...
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Alphabet Land

Magazine article by James M. Wall; The Christian Century, November 18, 1998

Subjects:

Israel--Relations with Palestine Liberation Organization, Memorandum to Agreement on Peace, 1998, Israel-Palestine Liberation Organization, Palestine--Relations with Israel, Travel industry--Palestine, West Bank--Politics and government

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...strict Israeli control. To get away from the pressures of the alphabet existence, I decided to visit the town of Taybeh (et-Taiyibeh...school now sit on a hill in the village. Father Yusef, the Roman Catholic priest at Taybeh, calls the town the last remaining...

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Weaknesses in Learning Don't Equal Disability

Newspaper article by Kate Tsubata; The Washington Times, September 14, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...writing unless the language uses our Roman alphabet. In the same way, many children...and cant learn the symbols of the alphabet because he would prefer to hang...teaching his young nephews the alphabet by lying on the floor with them...
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History on the Hoof; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 15, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...cart or plough, but for riding. Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-54...IN 1956, a Chinese phonetic alphabet was approved by the Peoples Republic...it was written in the English/Roman alphabet. It has been taught in the schools...
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Meredith Burrill, 94, Expert on Place Names

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 12, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Names, which was created to standardize U.S. place names, to help convert thousands of Asian place names into the Roman alphabet for military map makers. As the only geographer in the Interior Department, the job fell to Mr. Burrill. Under...
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Cast an Eye over These Printing Types

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 29, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...bettered them. Not that Caslon was restricted to the Roman alphabet. As the specimen he produced in 1734 shows, Caslon...Coptic, Hebrew, Greek, Armenian, Arabic and Aramaic alphabets as well. All these attracted lucrative work from the...
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Exclusive Society for Those Who Get Left Out

Newspaper article by Sheila Prophet; The Mirror (London, England), August 13, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Jimi Hendrix learned to play using an upside down right-handed guitar. Julius Caesar was a lefty and decreed the Roman alphabet should go from left to right. Leonardo de Vinci wrote notes to himself right to left, so other people couldnt read...

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Alphabet

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...modern Western Europe is the Roman alphabet, the base of most alphabets...cuneiform syllabary. Two European alphabets of the late Roman era were the runes and the...suggested by, but not based on, the Roman alphabet. Another was the short-lived...
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M , Letter of the Alphabet

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

M , letter of the alphabet 13th letter of the alphabet , usually representing a bilabial nasal as in the English much. It corresponds with the Greek mu. M is the Roman numeral for 1,000. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia...
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C , Letter of the Alphabet

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

C , letter of the alphabet third letter of the alphabet . In position and form, but not in meaning, it corresponds...symbol of the element carbon . The capital letter is the Roman numeral for 100. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia...
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Yugoslav Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...similar and generally mutually intelligible, although the Serbs use the Cyrillic alphabet while the Croats use the Roman. The Slovenian language uses the Roman alphabet and is closer to Slovak than to Serbo-Croatian. The Macedonian language uses...
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Celtic Languages

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...only one case. Both employ the Roman alphabet for writing. The accent in Welsh...Cornish language is written in the Roman alphabet. It is not noted for an outstanding...in Scots Gaelic, which uses the Roman alphabet (see Gaelic literature ). Manx...

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