WRITING AS A REFLECTION OF THE CIVILIZATION FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MODERN TIMES
WRITING AS A REFLECTION OF THE CIVILIZATION FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MODERN TIMES
Author(s): Andrij RovenchakSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: writing; civilization; Antiquity; modern times;
Summary/Abstract: In the paper, a short discussion on the role of writing in the history of humanity is presented. The origins of writing are analyzed and some facts of modern script inventions are found to confirm its two-fold nature, both from economical (trade) and spiritual (religious) needs. Similar development of writing in different world regions and identical internal structure of logographic scripts can be the evidence for the universality of human thinking. A correlation between the types of civilization and the “philosophy” of writing is pointed.
Journal: Limbaj si context, revista internationala de lingvistica, semiotica si stiinta literara
- Issue Year: 2/2011
- Issue No: III
- Page Range: 34-44
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
