Wasn't the cleverness of the ancient Greeks(?) inventing the alphabet
that they moved to symbols that reflected sounds rather than pictures
reflecting physical actions, like the Egyptians' hieroglyphics? Before
that was there no such thing as written language, is there now no such
thing as written language?
The Cambridge Advance Learners dictionary defines language as:
language noun [C or U]
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words and grammar, or
the system of communication used by the people of a particular country
or profession:
mike
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Dr Mike Metcalfe, Argumentative Inquiry, School Of Management.
http://business.unisa.edu.au/research/groups/irg/default.asp
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Subject: Re: Drawing as Language.
Hi All
I am in the process of looking at Drawing as a Language for a
documentary and at this stage I do see drawing as a language a
protolanguage.
I do have a question, do all children go through the scribbling and
drawing stage or is this restricted to societies that have access to
paper?
Thanks
Graham A Brown, AOCA
Executive Producer
netcoMedia Interactive
Vancouver BC
Canada V6g 1L9
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