Writing
Description
This program traces the evolution of writing from its pictograph and hieroglyph antecedents. Recent discoveries have revealed that the earliest alphabet was corrupted shorthand for Egyptian hieroglyphs, developed by Semitic mercenaries. As the Roman alphabet became dominant in the Western world, indigenous languages were lost as Roman law and the Latin alphabet became a tool by which minority peoples were subjugated. By the Middle Ages, the majority of Western texts were written in Latin and available only to a powerful elite. Today, there are four remaining major alphabets: Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin.
Runtime
53 min
Series
Subjects
Genre
Date of Publication
[2007], c1998
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
https://www.remote.uwosh.edu/login?url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102638&xtid=10178
Similar Films
English composition II. Arguing with agility. Lesson 9
Marriage
English composition II. Arguing arguments. Lesson 12
Lost for words
American writers on writing
Parts of speech. Sentences. Pt. 3
English composition II. Arguing with agility. Lesson 9
English composition I. Exploring the process. Lesson 1
Primary MFL
English composition II. Finding hidden arguments. Lesson 13
The Write stuff. Essentials of becoming a writer
Identity
Whole Language Movement. From Teacher to Teacher
Introduction to photography and visual literacy
Cutting Edge Communications Simple English Series. I Don't know. Part 15