Notes (Gibbon)

The History of Writing

• Pictograms and Ideograms
• Cuneiform Writing
• The Rebus Principle
• From Hieroglyphics to the Alphabet

Modern Writing Systems

• Word Writing
• Syllabic Writing
• Alphabetic Writing

Writing and Speech

Spelling

• Spelling Pronunciations

Terminology

alphabetic writing system

grapheme

hieroglyphics

ideogram

pictogram

rebus principle

syllabic writing system

word writing system