Writing Systems
LIN-104LEC-A
University at Buffalo
- Semester
- Fall 2025
- Instructor
- Christian Thomas Di Canio
- Start Date
- 08-25-2025
- Total Credits
- 3
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Surveys the ways in which natural languages have been, and are today, represented graphically throughout the world. We examine several types of systems (ideographic, logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic) and examine the linguistic principles that underlie each of these systems.
General Education Area(s): Social Sciences
Course Area: Linguistics
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Dates: 08-25-2025 - 12-08-2025
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