Henry Rogers. Writing systems: A linguistic approach [Blackwell textbooks in linguistics, 18]. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. xvii, 322 pp.

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Published online: 26 October 2005

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Henry Rogers. Writing systems: A linguistic approach [Blackwell textbooks in linguistics, 18]. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. xvii, 322 pp.

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Henry Rogers. Writing systems: A linguistic approach [Blackwell textbooks in linguistics, 18]. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. xvii, 322 pp.