История письма и чтения. Асафова Г.К. - 37 стр.

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Stroke of genius

Гениальный ход, гениальная

мысль

To a large extent

В большой степени

Uncover v.

Обнажать, обнаруживать

Yield v.

Приносить, производить

Ex. 1. Answer the following questions:

1. Who developed the cuneiform writing and when?

2. What were the characteristics of cuneiform writing?

3. Which was the first writing system, based on the sound structure of a

language?

4. What were the drawbacks of this system?

5. What does the alphabetic principle of a writing system represent?

6. When was the first alphabet created?

7. Which script was the ancestor of all alphabetic scripts?

8. Which modern scripts may be attributed to Semitic script?

9. What is the most prominent characteristic of these modern scripts?

10. What were the reasons of inexplicit and incomplete orthography in Semitic

writing systems?

11. When did the transition to pure alphabetic writing occur?

12. What was called a stroke of genius?

13. According to modern studies, the invention of the alphabet was the

consequence of what?

14. What was a peculiar feature of the Greek alphabet?

15. How did the Latin alphabet appear?

16. What language evolved from Latin?

17. What did the observations of children learning to read and write suggest?

18. Did the evolution of the alphabet influence all the existing languages?