books.google.co.uk - During its long history the problem of reducing language to writing, and conversely that of interpreting written signs as language, has found a variety of solutions which still exist in the form of different writing systems. This richly illustrated textbook introduces the major writing systems of the...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Writing_Systems.html?id=kmKLxzTnL9IC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareWriting Systems