| 单词 | written language |
| 例句 | Mesoamerican peoples left behind texts that are slowly giving up their secrets, but in other areas the lack of written languages has left a great silence. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And most native societies in what is now the United States and Canada did not have the written languages, monumental architecture, or wide-ranging aesthetic traditions of their neighbors to the south. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Despite their brevity, they are full of information, both because of the nature of written language, and because of the special way Mesoamerican people chose their names. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He secured his empire’s power by unifying its currency and standardizing its written language and its system of weights and measures. ‘Terracotta Warriors’ exhibit makes grand entrance at Pacific Science Center 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z There are times when words feel inadequate — when one’s dread, shame, exhaustion or discomfort seems too immense to be captured in written language. The Melting Face Emoji Has Already Won Us Over 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Translate words from Aurebesh, written language of the “Star Wars” galaxy, letter by letter? May the Force be with you on this DIY ‘Star Wars’-themed road trip 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z So he decided not to trace the written language of the original story. Director of ‘Drive My Car’ surprised by Oscar, popularity 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z The written language isn’t supposed to eclipse the variety of American English, but it’s not meant to comprise the full range, either. Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Before learning about individual treaties, visitors are introduced to two radically different worldviews, including leadership styles, different understandings of land and ownership, preferences for spoken or written language and attitudes to diplomacy and promises. ‘Nation to Nation’: Full of the intriguing, often maddening details of history It’s a lingua franca, based on clear and common rules: anybody who makes it to high school can learn to use the written language correctly and be broadly understood. Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z But the mark-making basic to drawing is the starting point of so much else: the development of written language, numbers, musical scores. Drawing, a Cure for the January Blahs 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The shaping of thought and written language by a pen, moved by a hand to register marks of ink on paper, has for centuries, millennia, been regarded as key to our existence as human beings. Philip Hensher: Why handwriting matters 2012-10-06T23:05:27Z Most deal in some way with spoken or written language. ‘Sites of Reason’ Underway at Museum of Modern Art 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Between 221 BC and his death in 210 BC he imposed the Qin penal code, created a single currency, standardized weights and measures and imposed a single written language and bureaucracy in China. China's terracotta warriors march to Liverpool museum 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z The croissant is also a cheeky nod to the French, who occupied Vietnam and influenced its culture - ranging from its written language to its cuisine. In “Watchmen,” just as in real life, feelings about Vietnam remain uncertain 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z When you watch kids enter the world of written languages, it’s fascinating. For Karla Knight, Paranormal Is Normal 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Between 221 BC and his death in 210 BC he imposed the Qin penal code, created a single currency, standardized weights and measures and imposed a single written language and bureaucracy in China. China's terracotta warriors march to Liverpool museum 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z That’s where she encounters books and written language for the first time. ‘The Colour of Milk’: the price of learning to read 2013-03-13T21:42:13Z Hieroglyphics was a complete written language, and while even an illiterate person could recognize and understand some basic symbols, the scribes worked according to strict rules and had to be highly skilled. Emojis Meet Hieroglyphs: If King Tut Could Text 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Lange also recorded words on placards and billboards within the photograph itself, following a trail blazed by Walker Evans, a habitué of avant-garde literary circles in New York who loved written language. Empathy and Artistry: Rediscovering Dorothea Lange 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Pinker’s insistence that written language loosen to reflect natural American idiom is parochial: there’s too wide a range of idiom to be captured in one style. Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z It’s a process of translating thoughts and memories into written language. Let’s Take It to the Page 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z The 31m-word collection will be compared with samples in future years to track the evolution of children's written language. BlackBerry cupcakes and Googling: new study of UK children's language 2012-05-28T16:25:20Z Each column has a letterpress piece with a Cherokee syllabary to spread awareness of the written language. U.S.T.A. and the Armory Show to Bring 5 Artists to the U.S. Open 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z In “Pure Beauty,” the humor tends to be dark and dry, and dependent on written language. | The Baldessari Variations 2010-10-25T20:49:00Z If spoken and written language can horse-race from the same starting gate on the same learning track, then early literacy needn’t rely as much on parental vocabulary, motivation, or time on task. Can babies read? 2012-09-12T16:08:00Z Some dyslexics excel in arts, design, and music because, instead of written language, their brains think visually or audibly; they strengthen their ability to speak in a whole different language. What popular culture like "Will Trent" gets wrong about dyslexia, and why it matters 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z “The emphasis here is not on written language. People think about code, about pitches to investors, but not necessarily about language in the way that a writer thinks about language.” A Certain Word Is Really Getting on My Nerves 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Instead of telling a chronological history of writing, she moves freely from script to script, island to island, and offers a dizzying but greatly enjoyable narrative account of the development of written language. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Pictures are easy, pictures are cheap, pictures are for children; but ah, the written language! Notes From the Book Review Archives 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z In a small disquisition on the development of written language in ancient Greece, Norris tells us that the Greeks wrote words as run-ons: JUSTIMAGINETHAT. A Passion for Punctuation Meets a Love for All Things Greek 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Enter Heptapod B, a written language that the aliens squirt from one of their limbs, like squid ink. It’s all in the wording: ‘Arrival’ raises profile of linguists, making them almost cool. 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Before there was a verbal language or a written language, there’s a fundamental language that we understand inherently, which is movement and gesture. Dance of the District 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z We are reverse engineering Chinese style written language. Hands Off My Smiley Face: Emoji Become Corporate Tools 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Reading the Bible introduced him to the subtleties of the written language. Carlos Monsiv?is obituary 2010-06-24T18:04:00Z The story of the stones was initially handed down orally, like all tales in Hawaii before the introduction of the written language in the 1800s. Honolulu tells story of healers with dual male and female spirit through new plaque in Waikiki 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z If language were absolutely wiped out right now, no spoken language, no sign language, no written language, but everything else remained the same, would you imagine that it would be reinvented? An expert reveals the secret language of "Thinking With Your Hands" 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z That encouraged the spread of not just information and news, but of shared written languages. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Vedas, along with poems and prayers, were first transmitted orally from one generation to the next; later they were recorded in the written language of Sanskrit. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But the rock art is even more vital and important because Australia’s First Peoples never developed a written language. World’s largest collection of ancient rock art threatened by Australia’s petrochemical plants 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Packaged with the spiritual practice was written language, previously unused on the islands. Review | Words matter in this showcase of Japanese calligraphy at the Freer 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z When we don’t have to use our brains to think critically using written language, it likely will have deleterious effects on our brains and, ultimately, civilization. Opinion | ChatGPT might be the end of civilization 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Specifically, the emergence of large language models – AI systems that are trained on vast amounts of text – means computers can now produce human-sounding written language and convert descriptive phrases into realistic images. Tech experts on what AI tools like DALL-E mean for artists and creative workers 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The written language of the Indus valley civilization featured more than four hundred symbols that functioned as pictures of ideas, words, and numbers. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Paranoid crackpots have been scribbling since the dawn of written language; why have they become so influential now, to the point where they are dragging down American life expectancy? There really is a "great replacement" — but it's not what Tucker Carlson says it is 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z A skilled, intuitive, sensitive practitioner of the written language, Fuhrmann died Tuesday after a brief and sudden illness, his family announced. Henry Fuhrmann, Times editor and 'word nerd' who fought for fairness in grammar, dies 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z And then the team say, yes, we’re willing to do that, and then not back that up with some type of written language that comes in the form of a no-trade clause.” Rodriguez contract unique in length and in budding rookie superstar to bet on himself 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z In the years that followed the conquest, the Maya lost their written language. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Sanskrit, the written language of India, also spread to many southeast Asian courts, cementing the broad influence of Indian culture. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z A written language comprehensible and accessible to the Cherokee people could be far more effective in preserving their culture than relying on memory or oral tradition. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Most important for our knowledge of these peoples, they created the only known written language in the Western Hemisphere; researchers have made much progress in interpreting the inscriptions on their temples and pyramids. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z A corpus is a vast database of written language that can include things like books, articles, speeches, and other texts, amounting to hundreds of millions of lines of text or more. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z The stone axe suggests that a written language was in use much earlier than previously thought. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Foreign relations with Korea introduced Buddhism to Japan in the sixth century, and Japanese contact with China brought Confucianism to the island chain, as well as Chinese-influenced written language. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The more you attend to your own written language, the more you will learn about the texts you read. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Flourishing from roughly 2000 BCE to 900 CE in what is now Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala, the Maya perfected the calendar and written language the Olmec had begun. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z In fact, functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain demonstrates that humans process written language letter by letter, sound by sound. In the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z The written language of most mandates and insurance guidelines usually define infertility in heterosexual terms no matter employees’ public or private sector status. Gay Couple Was Denied I.V.F. Benefits. They Say That’s Discriminatory. 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z A few years later, they built systems that could do much the same with written language, summarizing articles, answering questions, generating tweets and even writing blog posts. Meet DALL-E, the A.I. That Draws Anything at Your Command 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z They also devised the only written language in the Americas before European contact and used a precise calendar to record key dates from the reigns of their kings. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “They are very different from the classical regions activated by spoken or written language, such as Broca’s area,” he said. Is Geometry a Language That Only Humans Know? 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Most American Indian groups did not have a written language. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, the Chinese written language helped unify a large and diverse land, and made control much easier. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z So, there are four possible methods of formal amendment—changes or additions that become part of the written language of the Constitution itself. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The company also said it was working to make a single AI system capable of translating between all written languages. Facebook's Meta unveils AI projects aimed at building the metaverse 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z It is seeing steady use in written language, for at least a couple of reasons. Opinion | Words in English don’t last forever. And that’s okay. 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z But other work has found that children who haven’t yet learned to read also make the association, as do Himba people in Namibia, who have limited contact with Westerners and don’t use written language. Nonsense words make people around the world think of the same shapes 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Like the other two river valley civilizations, the Harappan culture developed a written language. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The ancient Maya civilization occupied southern Mexico and parts of Central America and is renowned for its striking pyramids, written language, and calendar system. Nearly 500 Mesoamerican monuments revealed by laser mapping—many for the first time 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z When Somali first became a written language in the 1970s, he played a crucial role in the country's massive literacy campaign, even writing its theme song. Aar Maanta - the pop star bringing Somalia to the Mississippi 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Over Thai food, the two women spent hours translating the script into ASL — a fluid process, since ASL is not a written language. The Deaf still face 'outright discrimination' in Hollywood. How 'CODA' broke the mold 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z They were implanted in a region of the motor cortex that controls movement of the arms and hands, allowing the researchers to profile brain-activity patterns associated with written language. New Brain Implant Turns Visualized Letters into Text 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z In contrast, there were practically no links between China’s spoken language and its written language. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z While computers are typically designed for use with written languages, speech-based technology does exist. Why AI Needs to Be Able to Understand All the World's Languages 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z “It’s based on that, but incorporates much ancient Greek and exists primarily as a written language.” Yes, You Can Learn to Speak the Language of Plants 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z The technology caught on in Japan in the 1980s, partly because of the cultural reverence for handwriting, and because of the complexity of its written language, which uses thousands of characters in three different scripts. Japan wants to shred its paper habit. Could it finally leave the fax behind? 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z China in its statement placed heavy emphasis on economic emancipation, but said it “guarantees the freedom of all ethnic groups to use and develop their own spoken and written languages”. Saudi Arabia fails to join UN human rights council but Russia and China elected 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z And while there is no clear evidence that the Olmec used a written language, their descendants or a related people carved out stone symbols that may have influenced later glyph writing. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are over 10,000 characters in the Chinese written language and to use this phrase ... is hurtful and unacceptable to our USC Marshall community,” the letter said. Controversy over USC professor's use of Chinese word that sounds like racial slur in English 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z This software estimates the emotional tone in written language on a scale from 0 to 100. Claims of ideological bias among the media may be overblown 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z As Tikal’s influence spreads, it leads to “the foundation of much of what we know as Classic Maya culture,” including a homogenization of written language, Román Ramírez says. ‘Astounding new finds’ suggest ancient empire may be hiding in plain sight 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Beijing has said “the customs of all ethnic groups and the right to use their spoken and written languages are fully protected at the centers.” Secret documents reveal how China mass detention camps work 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Second, people in their society directly teach the culture to them, usually through spoken or written language. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z An oral culture for much of their history, the Hmong did not have a written language until the 1950s, and only 40 percent of foreign-born Hmong Americans were English-proficient as of 2015. How the Hmong diaspora uses the world’s most boring technology to make something weird and wonderful 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Sharkey said it was "highly unlikely" a deal on all outstanding issues would be struck Thursday, though she said the district did provide some written language on class sizes that the union was still reviewing. Chicago teachers go on strike, canceling class for 300,000 students 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The museum’s purpose was to educate the Viennese public about postwar social housing and at exhibitions he would showcase a symbol-based language as an alternative to written language. Before emojis: the utopian graphic language of Marie and Otto Neurath 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Finally, when he was 8, a private neuropsychologist diagnosed him as having dyslexia, dysgraphia and specific learning disability in written language. For some Washington students with special needs, diagnosis is too late, help is too little 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Historian and philosopher Watson's new book is a biography of the punctuation mark that's proved to be one of the most divisive in written language. 7 buzzworthy books to read this July 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z There's also some analog in the whole idea of written language—which launched so many things about the way our world is set up. A World Run with Code 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z A spokesman for Durkan said Seattle “will examine the language Oakland is requiring,” but hasn’t written language yet. As scooter popularity grows, here are 4 questions facing scooter-share in Seattle 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z It was formally adopted as the tribe's official written language in 1825. Mysterious Cherokee tribal writing inside Alabama cave decoded, reveals its secrets 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z The tribe’s syllabary was created in the 1800s by Cherokee scholar Sequoyah, who eventually developed the tribe’s official written language. Cherokee tribal writing inside Alabama cave finally decoded 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z The tribe’s syllabary was created in the 1800s by Cherokee scholar Sequoyah, who eventually developed the tribe’s official written language. Cherokee tribal writing inside Alabama cave finally decoded 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Precire Technologies, a company based in Aachen, Germany, specializes in analyzing spoken and written language. The Internet Knows You Better Than Your Spouse Does 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z They may struggle with spoken or written language, arithmetic or reasoning. Advocates for students with disabilities decry trick allegedly used in college-admissions scandal 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The human brain processes graphical information more quickly and efficiently than written language. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z As a written language, Sumerian originated around 3300 BC, according to Woods. Miguel Civil, preeminent scholar of world’s oldest written language, dies at 92 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Final written language for the legislation has yet to be released, but lawmakers said they expected a vote in both chambers before the end of next week. Negotiators Strike Deal to Tighten Sexual Harassment Rules on Capitol Hill 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z We use the mental mechanism that evolved to understand oral language to support the comprehension of written language. Opinion | Is Listening to a Book the Same Thing as Reading It? 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z And people do that with different forms of so-called nonstandard written language, like lowercase letters, removing punctuation, using slang, using abbreviations and emoji, and all kinds of things. The way we text says a lot about our personality 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Even then, though, McCain refused to make an audio recording of his confession and used stilted written language to signal he had signed it under duress. War hero and presidential candidate John McCain has died 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z A Catalonian-born professor with a purported photographic memory, he spent decades studying ancient cuneiform tablets, examining the last wedge-shaped traces of what is probably the world’s oldest written language. Miguel Civil, preeminent scholar of world’s oldest written language, dies at 92 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z It tries to make sense of a cataclysmic earthbound event that happened long ago, before written language, before the domestication of horses, before the first Egyptian mummies and the rise of civilization in Crete. Rising seas: 'Florida is about to be wiped off the map' 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z By “primitive,” I mean cultures that lack a written language or the use of modern tools and technology. When did humans first learn to count? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z That’s what text messaging, and to some extent for some people, tweets, can do for written language. The way we text says a lot about our personality 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z It is the standardised version of the language, tied closely to the written language. The sign language lawyer who became a social media star 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z “In politics, it’s said that if one nation wants to eliminate another nation, first they need to eliminate their spoken and written language,” Mr. Tashi said in the video. A Tibetan Tried to Save His Language. China Handed Him 5 Years in Prison. 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s also a lot harder to convey and understand emotion and nuance in written language than through spoken words, Copps added. How the death of voicemail is changing the way we connect 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Although no one knows math’s exact origins, modern mathematicians like myself know that spoken language precedes written language by scores of millennia. When did humans first learn to count? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The Librarian uses the structure of a game to evoke emotions and ideas the way a poem does with the structures of written language. The Librarian is a game that feels like a poem 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z The written language was developed in the early 19th century by Cyrus Byington, a Christian missionary from Massachusetts, according to the website. Hundreds of languages are in danger of vanishing. A new audio project aims to preserve the sound of some of them 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z With no written language for generations, Inuit have relied on oral history as a means of preserving knowledge of their surroundings, as well as unique and noteworthy events. Inuit oral historian who pointed way to Franklin shipwrecks dies aged 58 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z In a general sense, she says, the creation of abstract signs “marks the first step toward written language.” Ancient Cave Paintings Clinch the Case for Neandertal Symbolism 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z The child who was born in a refugee camp taught herself the Hmong written language by concentrating intently on hymns as they were sang at weekly services. Wisconsin students celebrate Hmong language, culture 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Among other things, the hunter-gatherer Jahai, who live in mountain rain forests on the border of Malaysia and Thailand, do not have a written language. These hunter-gatherers are probably better at naming scents than you 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z “In politics, it’s said that if one nation wants to eliminate another nation, first they need to eliminate their spoken and written language,” he said in the nine-minute video documentary for The Times. Tibetan Businessman Battles Separatism Charges in Chinese Court 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Literacy involves all aspects of language, Dr. Berninger said, “our oral language, what we hear and say, and our written language, what we read and write.” Literacy Builds Life Skills as Well as Language Skills 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z However, despite their popularity, emojis are unlikely to replace written language and be recognised as a language in their own right, she said. Emojis honoured in world celebration - BBC News 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z After Islam began to spread, scholars established rules for the written language. Learning Arabic from Egypt’s Revolution 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z But in fact, skilled readers automatically activate the “phonological code” that maps written language onto spoken language, and this use of phonological information makes it easier to read, not harder. Opinion | Want to read fast and well? Ignore the rules of the speed-reading gurus 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z When you read statistics about obesity, either as written language or as tables of numbers in a spreadsheet, you realise obesity is a problem. How the world got fat: a visualisation of global obesity over 40 years | Max Galka 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z For the Heptapods, though, there’s no relationship between spoken and written language. Decoding the linguistic geekiness behind 'Arrival's' sci-fi sheen 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z In attempting to communicate with them, Adams’s character, Louise Banks, learns that their written language is circular and that it doesn’t seem to progress from cause to effect. The science behind the movie ‘Arrival’ 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Encourage teachers to communicate in simple verbal and written language to parents. Parenting Is Educating 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Long before written language, Neolithic-era residents of the Aegean region expressed themselves by carving bulbous female figurines. Journey through 5,000 years of Greek culture at National Geographic Museum 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z English, the most widely spoken and written language in the EU’s institutions, would no longer be an official language once Britain leaves the bloc. 10 Things to Know for Wednesday 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z English — the most widely spoken and written language in the EU's institutions — might be an endangered species. EU's most widely use language, English, endangered by Brexit 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z English — the most widely spoken and written language in the EU’s institutions — might be an endangered species. EU's most widely use language, English, endangered by Brexit 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Mastering handwriting, messy letters and all, is a way of making written language your own, in some profound ways. Why Handwriting Is Still Essential in the Keyboard Age 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z This is meant for written language, but, applied to campaign speeches and debates, it gives a rough sense of the relative levels of candidates’ rhetoric. Donald Trump’s ‘Captain Underpants’ campaign 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z People don’t know that the Slavic peoples who emerged from the area in and around Kiev and what is now Belorussia—they had no written language until the 9th century! “Intelligent people know that the empire is on the downhill”: A veteran CIA agent spills the goods on the Deep State and our foreign policy nightmares 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z It was clear they were part of some written language, but over the centuries people had lost the ability to read them and understand their meaning. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z And without a written language, Mosuo culture is particularly vulnerable to disappearing. ‘Kingdom of Daughters’ in China Draws Tourists to Its Matrilineal Society 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z I celebrate the downfall of English, and basically any other written language that doesn't rely entirely on twee glyphs. Emoji, emoji everywhere, and not a way to search them 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z They have no written language, but use oral history to pass down events and traditions.” New Jersey men hoping to solve mystery of missing war plane 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Here is where rapid population growth, urbanization, the specialization of labor, manufacturing, written language, money, mathematics, and astronomy all originated. ISIS and the Curse of the Iraq War 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z He spent long days in the classroom hunched over his calligraphy brush working diligently to master the thousands of characters that make up one of the world's oldest written languages. Why Jimmy Chin Takes Pictures While Climbing and Skiing Mountains 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Native Americans had lived in the Northwest for millennia, but they had no written language, and the many things to which the arriving Europeans subjected them did not include seismological inquiries. The Earthquake That Will Devastate Seattle 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The use of computerized mathematical and linguistic methods to analyze written language is known as “text analytics.” Searching For The Smoking Gun With Text Analytics 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z “We can solve anything. We made the first written language, so we can break the wall. If they use electricity, we will take gloves and cut it.” Migrants on Hungary's border fence: 'This wall, we will not accept it' 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z They might not be able to fully perceive a scene, recognize or manipulate any object, understand all spoken or written language, or navigate in any terrain. Robotics: Ethics of artificial intelligence 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z “We have the Old and New Testaments, written in our language. We’re the only tribe on the whole globe with our own written language. Think of that.” D-Day vet holds honor of beloved man for Cherokees 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Without using written languages, Australian tribes passed memories of life before, and during, post-glacial shoreline inundations through hundreds of generations as high-fidelity oral history. Ancient Sea Rise Tale Told Accurately for 10,000 Years 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z In it, Jaynes argued that hearing voices had been common until the development of written language. Why Nearly Half of Us Hear Voices (and How to Fix It) They were renowned for developing a written language, an astrological calendar, a series of pyramids and architectural marvels and an effective agricultural production system, according to History.com. Drought May Have Led to Decline of Ancient Mayan Empire 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z The objects shed light on some of the burial rituals of an early culture with no written language. Alaskan Ice Age Parents Mourned, Elaborately Buried Their Infants Close to Home "In most written language," he contends, "the period is a neutral way to mark a pause or complete a thought; but digital communications are turning it into something more aggressive." Texters come in categories, period 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Instead the written language is made up of characters, created by strokes followed in a certain order that often reflect the physical attributes of what they are describing. Apple Loop: iPhone 6 Plus Victorious, The Apple Watch Will Rule China, Which Is The Best iPad? 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z These had seemed implausible from the start, not only for any 6-year-old boy but one who had no evident recourse to spoken or written language. Did a Son's Autism Drive a Woman to Murder? Instant messaging may not be altering the written language, but for some people it's replacing it with visual substitutes. What happens to literacy when the internet turns into a giant TV station? 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Expecting children to independently discover the rules of written language is like expecting them to independently discover the rules of differential calculus. The Fallacy of ‘Balanced Literacy’ 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Finally, remember some of the best innovations in the history of humanity: the wheel, irrigation, written language, etc. 5 Things Edtech Startups Can Learn From Classroom Teachers 2014-04-22T22:22:00Z Written Chinese is very different to many other written languages, as its symbols represent whole words, rather than the sounds that build up words. Reading and brain structure link 2013-08-14T21:39:41Z A: Alan Turing based the Turing Test entirely on written language. Interview: How Ray Kurzweil Plans To Revolutionize Search At Google 2013-04-29T22:16:57Z Navigating textual landscapes Understanding how reading on paper is different from reading on screens requires some explanation of how the brain interprets written language. The Reading Brain in The Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens 2013-04-11T11:45:00.537Z Modern technologies allow written language to return more closely to the casual, personal style of pre-literate communication. Study: People can remember more about Facebook than real books 2013-01-15T17:44:00Z The new findings suggest that some of the ways human brains understand written language do not depend on previous experience with written words or spoken language. Parsing Primates: Baboons Learn to Recognize the Difference Between Real and Fake English Words 2012-04-12T18:45:02.837Z The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z A hieroglyphic written language would require a philosophy as stationary as is the civilisation of the Chinese. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z At first Heinicke laid stress on written language, starting with the concrete and going on to the abstract; and he only passed to oral instruction when the pupils could express themselves in fairly correct language. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z At that time these wanderers had no commerce with other nations, they had no written language, they could neither read nor write. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z The researchers conclude that—without any prior knowledge of written language—the primates learned to identify individual English letters and what kinds of letter combinations differentiated true English from nonsense words. Parsing Primates: Baboons Learn to Recognize the Difference Between Real and Fake English Words 2012-04-12T18:45:02.837Z The two groups share a common written language and culture. Surge in anti-China sentiment in Hong Kong 2012-02-08T10:28:27Z Limhi of course was very happy at the idea of having the historic facts veiled under these mysterious characters, constituting the written language of an extinct race, brought to light. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Countless studies, many outlined in an exhaustive 1998 literacy report by the National Research Council, indicate that there is a strong connection between how fast young readers progress and how often they encounter written language. Sharing a Computer Screen, if Not a Classroom 2012-01-23T02:03:51Z Devotion had before sometimes gladdened my prison with the visits of a friend; now his written language spoke to my heart, answering every feeling. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z To these there must be added the Pali, the learned, but obsolete written language of the priestly caste, which the Cingalese have in common with the kingdoms of Siam and Ava, in the further Indies. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z The following characteristic extract from a letter shows Hamilton’s own opinion of his mathematical work, and also gives a hint of the devices which he employed to render written language as expressive as actual speech. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Let us now examine the properties of written language. A Discourse Being Introductory to his Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language (1759) 2012-01-01T03:00:09.283Z The writers’ parents grew up not only without a written language, but without much knowledge of the outside world. Fresno Journal: A Hmong Generation Finds Its Voice in Writing 2011-12-31T21:10:35Z We must remember, however, that the Filipino before the arrival of the Spaniard had a written language, and even in pre-Spanish times there must have been instruction given to the child. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z The spoken and written languages, however, will always be separated by a wide interval. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Nine out of ten Navahos do not speak English, and the tribe has never had a written language. Little Man's Family pre-primer 2011-10-25T02:00:24.010Z This is simple, interesting class-reading, which will aid the geography, and furnish material for both oral and written language lessons. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z At that time these wanderers had no commerce with other nations—they had no written language—they could neither read nor write. About The Holy Bible A Lecture 2011-10-12T02:00:50.780Z They comprised a nation extending from Virginia to Georgia, and only a century and a half ago they possessed their own written language, their own dictionary, and their own printed newspaper. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z This gulf was, moreover, considerably widened owing to the fact that there took place in the written language a retrograde movement, the so-called “Atticism.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z We have not a complete history in written language, but we have some very definite history in the rocks and hills and lands and seas. Think A Book for To-day 2011-07-27T02:00:35.180Z The merest savage, who comprehends no written language, glances at you to know if he may expect friendliness or enmity, with a quicker intelligence than your own. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z Asylums for the education of mute children are multiplying among us, and men of talents and learning labour to discover the best modes of adding to their dialect of pantomime the power of written language. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z There were no books or written records; not even a written language was known to the villagers. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z The written language of China, viz. ideographs, is the same all over the extensive sphere of China proper, but its pronunciation is different almost in every province. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z Thus, in the first ages of Greece, verse was the ordinary written language, and prose was subsequently introduced as an art and invention. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z “Ha!” said Holtspur, who read those signs as easily as if they had been a written language—“An enemy upon the trail?” The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Our own English tongue bears the traces of another written language, now entirely dead, but which was actually created by the study of the Bible. Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures 2011-03-27T02:00:12.580Z It should be remembered, however, that the nature of the Japanese written language is such that even six years of elementary education is probably not equal to four years of similar schooling in Western lands. Working Women of Japan 2011-03-09T03:00:49.197Z The spoken language of the Chinese is, roughly speaking, the same as the written language, as is the case in the Western nations. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z There were several French books brought by this tutor's visitors, from which to learn the written language, and there was the tutor's own speech from which to acquire the pronunciation. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z A field for study—Three divisions of language—Rhematic period—Origin of—Various theories—Change of—Views of Ancients—Number of—Comparative permancy of written language. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z From these men, Mr. Williams has learned the spoken Japanese, and as much of the written language as they could impart. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z Anyway, to be really Paleolithic, you also have to jettison written language, public sanitation, Jet Blue and representational government. Paleo Diet: 'New Evolution Diet' Author De Vany on Food and Exercise 2011-01-29T05:10:00Z In this colloquial speech the idiom of Holland forms the basis, whereas the written language formed itself on quite different principles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z In the 19th century, monks in the region developed a written language. Chur Journal: In Multilingual Switzerland, One Tongue Struggles to Survive 2010-09-29T00:10:00Z But it also affects your ability to understand written language related to emotions, according to research published in the July issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Can Blocking a Frown Keep Bad Feelings at Bay? 2010-07-21T19:06:00Z Though Greek and Slavonic almost ceased to be written languages under Turkish rule, Europeans showed no disposition to replace them by Ottoman or Arabic literature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" It is not a written language; and they have endeavoured to conceal a knowledge of it from the people amongst whom they dwell. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 If we compare the colloquial speech and the native idiom with the written language, we find remarkable differences, which are caused by the origin of the Dutch written language. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Harsh combinations of letters, softened down through delicacy of ear or rapidity of utterance, gradually lost their place in the written language. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 “They deserve infinite praise for the way they have created written languages where none existed, and for their assiduity in educating and civilizing thousands of savages.” A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade I have heard him tell that story with all the natural, indescribable Irish tones and gestures, of which written language can give but a faint idea. Maria Edgeworth To one unacquainted with Chinese it is perhaps hardly perceptible, but if you had any knowledge of the written language it could not fail to strike you. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story His work had no influence whatever on the written language. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z But Latin was by this act to be employed in drawing the record; for there seems to have still continued a sort of prejudice against the use of English as a written language. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 The Edinburgh Conference estimated that in Pagan and Mohammedan Africa combined there are a hundred millions of people without a written language or even an alphabet of their own. The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity Through Bulgaria, the Russians acquired a ready-made literature and a written language in a dialect which was partly Bulgarian and partly Macedonian, or rather Macedonian with Bulgarian modifications. An Outline of Russian Literature All instruction was communicated orally, but for ordinary purposes they had a written language in which they used the Greek characters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" If originally the south took the lead in all departments, later the north gradually surpasses the south, and elements from the northern native idiom begin to intrude into the written language. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Certainly none of the symbols bore even slight resemblance to any written language known to him. Shock Treatment But the sounds in the Chinese language are not very many, some four hundred and sixty-five at most, and their written language contains about eighty thousand pictures, each picture representing a thing or idea. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks He simplified the Russian script and the written language; he caused to be made innumerable translations of foreign works on history, geography, and jurisprudence. An Outline of Russian Literature While there are as many as twenty-five different written languages used in the Empire, the literary language is a product of the original Tartaric tongue and strong Persian and Arabic elements. Oriental Women Chancery and clergy had taken a written language to the north, deviating considerably from the native idiom in vogue there, which belonged to the Frisio-Frankish idioms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Her knowledge of English as a spoken language was limited, and as a written language it was an unending puzzle. The New Warden The written language did not develop until the fifteenth century, and then for more than four centuries under Turkish rule it was forbidden. Area Handbook for Albania The possession of a written language acted as a lever as far as culture was concerned. An Outline of Russian Literature This right belongs to the written language no less than to the spoken. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 So this written language gradually spread over the west of the Netherlands and Belgium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z On Easter Island, in the South Pacific, are indestructible evidences of an ancient people, who possessed a written language so old that no one can decipher its admirably graven characters. The Pearl of India Since World War II considerable progress has been made in making the Tosk dialect the standard written language. Area Handbook for Albania He knew from his study of cryptography that the first man to read the strange Egyptian written language was Jean Fran�ois Champollion. The Egyptian Cat Mystery All who are even superficially acquainted with Chinese matters know how difficult it is to acquire the colloquial, and still more the written language. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports The written language passed from the south to the north, and, considerably changed at Amsterdam, was also assumed in the other provinces in the 17th century, after the Union of Utrecht. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Up to this point there seemed to be but little chance of the written language reaching a free field for expansion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Emigré Albanians, particularly those in Italy after 1848, helped keep the written language alive. Area Handbook for Albania However badly spelled and ungrammatical their written language might be, it was invariably neatly and legibly—often beautifully—executed. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself The mandarins devised a written language so complicated that it took at least ten years to master reading and writing, thus assuring that only the very well-to-do could afford to educate their sons. Frigid Fracas But the spoken and written language of London are so different that it is feared these books will be of little use. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. The Chinese Language Colloquial.—In treating of Chinese, it will be found convenient to distinguish, broadly, the spoken from the written language and to deal with each separately. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" During the several centuries of Turkish rule, the Albanians were forbidden to develop a written language. Area Handbook for Albania A succession of these phonograms then represents a series of sounds, or syllables, and we have a real, though somewhat primitive and cumbrous, written language. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 The use of pictographs is the next step in the process of written language. History of Human Society This injustice is partly due to the fact that vocal and written language gives us a means of penetrating into the psychology of our fellow creatures. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study On passing from spoken to written language, we come upon several classes of facts, having similar implications. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I They have no written language, and even the pictorial writing, which has often been found among rude people, seems to be utterly unknown among them. Japan The written language has been at least partially recovered, although we are not sure that we have all the signs and we do not know how to read any of them. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 But these pictures on rocks and ivory, and later on tablets, have been preserved, and are expressive of the first steps of man in the art of written language. History of Human Society It is man's ability to communicate through spoken and written language that has made him human. The Farmer and His Community In Egypt, written language underwent a further differentiation, whence resulted the hieratic and the epistolographic or enchorial; both of which are derived from the original hieroglyphic. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I No written language has ever been or is now understood by so many people as the Chinese. Japan This is the reason that written language introduced civilization proper. Is civilization a disease? The picture-writing so common to savages and barbarians finally passes from a simple rebus to a very complex written language, as in the case of the Egyptian or Mexican. History of Human Society All those early acquisitions which have brought order into the child’s mind, would be wasted were they not firmly established by means of written language and of figures. Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook While written language was passing through its first stages of development, the mural decoration which contained its root was being differentiated into Painting and Sculpture. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I They accepted eagerly the Chinese written language and the philosophy with which it came charged. Japan I endeavoured to find out from him the difference between the spoken and written languages, and as far as he produced illustrations, the difference was only in pronunciation; the words seemed substantially the same. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 And there was a name there, in the Cyrillic alphabet which was the official written language of the Com-Pubs. Invasion These dealers in tin and amber, these manufacturers of glass and purple, these developers of a written language, first gave the impetus to man’s activity and courage and intelligence. The Book of Khalid Strange as it seems then, we find that all forms of written language, of Painting, and of Sculpture, have a common root in the politico-religious decorations of ancient temples and palaces. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I Unfortunately this movement in behalf of learning was hampered by the impracticable nature of the Chinese written language. Japan It was as though the author were thoroughly conversant with Latin––for it was in that tongue––but as a spoken rather than a written language. The Web of the Golden Spider In China, Japan, Corea, and the islands in the adjacent seas, the spoken languages are different from one another; the written language, on the contrary, is the same in all. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island To what far, silent, undulating shore, where “a written language is the instrument only of the lofty expressions and aspirations of the soul” might he not bring us? The Book of Khalid "I have the address here, birahi," she replied, diving into her satin blouse and producing a slip of rice paper upon which was scrawled a number of dead-black symbols of the Chinese written language. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The kana here mentioned were the result of a promising effort which was made to simplify the Chinese written language by expressing it in symbols representing sounds. Japan In this respect it has shared the common fate of all written languages. Elements of Gaelic Grammar The perfect and the broken lines of Fo-shee; the most ancient relict in China, and perhaps the first attempt at written language: now perfectly incomprehensible. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton And do not forget, you who are now enjoying the privilege of setting down your thoughts in words, that on these shores of Syria written language received its first development. The Book of Khalid One remedy was the use of the Japanese alphabet alone for the written language, another the introduction and adoption of the European alphabet. The Empire of the East Translations of it have been printed in nearly all written languages. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I The written language of the Greeks suffered many changes between the time that the old Pelasgic was spoken and the days of Demosthenes. Elements of Gaelic Grammar Yet even could is only an irregularity in the written language. A Handbook of the English Language The spoken language is never written, and the written language is never spoken. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The difficulty is in reference to the written language. The Empire of the East They found a people without a written language or knowledge of the Christian faith. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century The various modes of pronunciation used in the different districts of Greece are marked by a diversity in the orthography of the written language. Elements of Gaelic Grammar Upon this point very little satisfaction can be given, yet the people of ancient Troy did have a written language. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life As they have no written language, these have been handed down by word of mouth, from generation to generation, from ancient times. Children of Borneo It is evident from what I have said that it is difficult to obtain a complete knowledge of the written language of Japan in its Chinese form. The Empire of the East The men to whom it appears that the Madagascar people are indebted for their written languages and the first translation of the Scriptures were two Welshmen. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century On the other hand, numberless examples might be adduced from any living language to prove that the written language does not adapt itself, on all occasions and with strict uniformity, to the sounds of speech. Elements of Gaelic Grammar The application of this principle to the elements of general knowledge is equally necessary, as its application to written language. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education The raised letter of the blind has been used for written language, and the manual language of the mute, taken by the finger-eyes of the blind, has been successfully substituted for spoken language. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes In the early times we are told the Japanese had no written language. The Empire of the East According to Schmitthenner, 455, it bears the same relation to other commodities that the written language of a people's literature does to their dialects.739.Law's views on money are, in part, excellent. Principles Of Political Economy I. It may be laid down as one settled principle in orthography, that each letter or combination of letters in the written language ought always to denote one and the same sound. Elements of Gaelic Grammar The reason of this simply is, the neglect of this natural principle of grouping letters, or the signs of sounds, in their written language. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education At the outset the spoken and the written languages were doubtless kept tolerably distinct. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The consequence is that the written language is more or less a hotch-potch of Chinese characters and the Japanese alphabet. The Empire of the East And more than that, all the educated—a small proportion, of course, although many more know a few symbols—have a common written language. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia By this rule, a correspondence is maintained, not only between the writing and the pronunciation, but likewise between the written language and the ideas expressed by it. Elements of Gaelic Grammar Knowledge is received by the use of words in two ways,—either by oral speech, or by written language; but in both cases, the reception of the ideas is still governed by reiteration. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education They are the only Lesghian tribe who possess a written language, for which they make use of the Arabic characters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" The Cherokees have a written language, perfect in its form, the invention of Mr. Guess, a full-blooded Indian. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West They have their own written language, their national constitution and laws, their churches, schools, and academies, their judges and courts. The Indian Question (1874) Is it not because, the desire to express oneself in written language being universal, this desire with people outside the literary class has to be of necessity exercised in letter-writing? Old Familiar Faces The change from s to r in this tense, and the assimilation of the inflections to the present, does not occur in the written language until the middle of the seventeenth century. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature For oral and written language exercises, enlarge the vocabulary of the pupils by requiring sentences containing the words—scales, twigs, buds, protection, terminal, lateral, leaf stalk, blade, etc. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study It is necessarily both, in a sense; it would not be written language otherwise. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs They have their own written language, their national constitution and laws, their churches, schools, and academies, their judges and courts. The Indian Question (1874) As if to mark the difference between the written language and the vernacular, they have assumed a style which belonged to their grandfathers. American Sketches 1908 They appear daily, weekly and monthly, in nearly all written languages, English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Bohemian, and one in Icelandic, published in Lyon county. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier Hitherto the written language had been the monkish Latin; now the poets began to use their own tongues. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The written language is more stilted and less terse and idiomatic than the colloquial dialect; and even where pure Malay is employed, the influence of Arabic compositions is very marked. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay It is to be observed, that the Arnaout is not a written language: the words of this song, therefore, as well as the one which follows, are spelt according to their pronunciation. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 But it has no part in the fabric of the gravely written language. American Sketches 1908 The popularity of The Spy has been so universal, that there is scarcely a written language into which it is not translated. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Illiteracy still ran high in China because of the difficulty in memorizing the tens of thousands of ideographs which made up the written language, so each man carried a chop to imprint his name. What The Left Hand Was Doing Although there is ample room for written work, it is oral rather than written language that should receive emphasis at this time. The Tree-Dwellers In a lesser degree, perhaps, the same facts are true in written language, in composition. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide The press-work of these various books, comprising nearly three hundred thousand sheets a year, had all been performed by young men, the first-fruits of missionary labours before their fathers had any written language. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries Without a written language, the Indian preserves his national and domestic history solely by oral instruction, handed down from father to son. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West I conceive then that these gifted writers act upon the spoken and written language by means of the particular schools which form about them respectively. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin "Right there is your inducement to use a written language." Anything You Can Do ... Although this is not a treatise on written language lessons, a few general suggestions may not be out of place: 1. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide As the natives had no written language, the way in which the Spaniards conveyed information to one another by means of mysterious marks on paper seemed a kind of magic to them. Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies' Their method was that of all nations at the origin of written language; that is, pure picture-writing. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245 A written language and literature have prevailed for centuries. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania And remember that history is a very late development in our own culture, just as written language is. Anything You Can Do ... Most debates are oral, but, for our purpose, they are to be considered as written language lessons. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide The Oral Method.—Speech and speech-reading, together with writing, are made the chief means of instruction, and facility in speech and speech-reading, as well as mental development and written language, is aimed at. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States One might as well wish to do away with written language as to do away with money. The Simple Life With the exception of the Cherokees, they are, perhaps, the only tribe possessing a written language. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 I must here explain that, while these people have no use for a spoken language, a written language is needful for purposes of record. To Whom This May Come 1898 The number of systems of notation employed before the Christian era was about the same as the number of written languages, and in some cases a single language had several systems. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals From our universal habit of reading, there results not only a greater distinctness of articulation, but a strong tendency to assimilate the spoken to the written language. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. Illyria was under the influence of its neighbours, Italian, German and Hungarian, with regard to the spoken and still more with regard to the written language. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 They are founded upon those events which the sacred scriptures record, and which have been corrupted by different nations, scattered and wandering through the globe as the descendants of Noah, without a written language. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. Owing to the fact that most of the castaway ships were English, a better knowledge of that tongue was acquired than of any other, and it was adopted as the written language of the people. To Whom This May Come 1898 I need not remark that as to the written language Danish and Norwegian is the same, only the dialects differ. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature The rude and varied dialects of the different bands of the savage Sioux had been reduced to a written language. Among the Sioux A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas He longs to find out where his country lies and, having found his people, to use their own language as the spoken and the written language of the nation. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 This particle is Ran in the written language; e.g., Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language There are a good many Arabs out in that part of the world, and I suppose Arabic is the usual written language; or rather, the Malays use the Arabic characters. The Pirate Shark As psychotheism and written language appear together in the evolution of culture, this stage of theism is consciously or unconsciously a part of the theme of all written history. Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 17-56 The phonographers simply propose to extend this disadvantage already cleaving to our spoken languages, to the written languages as well. English Past and Present It is not in the power of written language to express the peculiar intonation of contempt which the old man laid upon that inoffensive word, "soldier." For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution Even though there are other rules for the written language, if the reader knows Japanese well enough to read books, he will be able to progress in the language without difficulty. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language Once the Indian tribes flourished, they may even have had a written language, of which now only a few idiograms remain. The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis Without digression in some degree, neither spoken nor written language can be made entertaining to the person addressed. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Surely it is not very wise to propose gratuitously to extend the same fault to the written languages as well. English Past and Present In China, though the dialects differ in the various provinces of the empire, still the written language has remained the same for centuries. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature While he concludes his grammar with a brief, and rather presumptuous, statement concerning the written language, his purpose is clearly to train his students in the fundamentals of colloquial speech. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language The element of interest will be added to oral and written language lessons by the use of such lively stories. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart But this divorce of spoken and written language is of questionable advantage. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Thus a gulf gradually opened between the spoken and the written language. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan The Japanese written language, the language of Japanese literature, tends to assimilate itself to Chinese, and fresh Chinese words and expressions are continually taking root in Japan. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought His sensitivity to this point is demonstrated by his carefully transforming those examples presented by Rodriguez in the written language in the Arte into correct colloquial expressions in his own grammar. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language The subjects thus far discussed, that may be brought into close relation to the central stories, are oral and written language, reading and literature, geography, and the natural sciences. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart The spoken and the written language of a nation reveal to us its prevailing, and to a certain degree its unavoidable mode of thought. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America They have no written language, but their spoken language has been romanised by the American missionaries in Burma. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Judged by these criteria, the English stands alone in the highest rank; but as a written language, in the way in which its alphabet is used, the English has but emerged from a barbaric condition. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 From spoken language man has advanced to written language, so that the sight of the written or printed word also arouses in the mind the associated idea. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools I am not sure but that the same may be said of an author's written language. Thackeray The fact that man has spoken and written language is of the greatest significance. The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners This is difficult to account for, more especially since the Hawaiians possessed no written language by which such knowledge could be preserved or transmitted. Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends And for that reason, the book is the simplest and most easily legible of his works, with the least of his mannerism and the largest concessions to the written language of sublunary mortals. Studies in Early Victorian Literature There is a written language, which for difficulty is unrivalled, polished and perfected by centuries of the minutest scholarship, until it is impossible to conceive anything more subtly artistic as a vehicle of human thought. China and the Chinese The Hirlaji had no written language—their telepathic abilities had made that unnecessary—and organization of material into neatly outlined form was a characteristic as much of the Earth languages as of Terran mentality. Warlord of Kor Then she gave a little cry that no one could have interpreted with any written language. Madelon A Novel The hints I have given will assist you in acquiring a knowledge of nouns as used to express ideas in vocal or written language. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. Not that the Provençal language had ever quite died out even as a written language. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence It has been translated into all written languages. A Message to Garcia Being a Preachment The Greek,—the language of the courts of justice and official documents; the spoken and written language of the foreign traders, the aristocracy, and most of the more cultivated people in the great towns. Two Christmas Celebrations Words are but sounds, by which ideas should be conveyed; and written language is of little use, if it convey but sound alone. Parker's Second Reader National Series of Selections for Reading, Designed For The Younger Classes In Schools, Academies, &C. Fred Neville had been at an excellent school, but it may be doubted whether he could have explained his own written language. An Eye for an Eye This book is "one of the half dozen most widely popular books ever printed," and has been published in nearly every written language. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Yet it is true that the gap between written language and vernacular was wider in Kalidasa's day than it has often been. Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works The popular dialect of Italy owed much to him, being elevated into a written language by his use of it in his love-sonnets. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German On passing from spoken to written language, we come upon several classes of facts, all having similar implications. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library The disposition, temperament, and morals of a people who have no written language go far toward giving their language its leading characteristics. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens The Jargon must in some degree be regarded as a written language, the orthography of which is English. Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon They have no sense whatever of a written language. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary Ages more had to pass before spoken language began, and still other ages before written language began. A Cathedral Singer In Egypt, written language underwent a further differentiation: whence resulted the hieratic and the epistolographic or enchorial: both of which are derived from the original hieroglyphic. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library In other parts of Africa there was no written language, but there was, on the other hand, an unusual perfection of oral tradition through bards, and extraordinary efficiency in telegraphy by drum and horn. The Negro The results which followed the absence of a standard written language at home were strengthened by the general acquaintance with foreign literature. A History of English Prose Fiction Remembering that they were written before any modern European literature had yet taken form, one is startled to find how little the Japanese written language has changed in the course of so many centuries. The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories As the Indian has no written language, his memory is long. The Hunters of the Hills While written language was passing through its earlier stages of development, the mural decoration which formed its root was being differentiated into Painting and Sculpture. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library The written language of Saturn resembles the Chinese character language, only it is much more smooth and more complete. Life in a Thousand Worlds There is a spoken language and a written language, as directly interacting symbolic models. The Brain, A Decoded Enigma Thus the Vindish written language, almost in its birth, acquired a correctness and consistency, to which other languages hardly attain after centuries of experiments, innovations, and literary contests. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations Silent perusal or distinct utterance of thought and feeling, as seen expressed in written language. 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading Strange as it seems then, we find it no less true, that all forms of written language, of painting, and of sculpture, have a common root in the politico-religious decorations of ancient temples and palaces. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library The Marquesans had no written language, and their spoken tongue was reproduced as simply as possible by the missionaries. White Shadows in the South Seas It increased further with the emergence of the written language. The Brain, A Decoded Enigma In regard to the language of this people, it was formerly considered a matter of certainty, that it had never been a written language before the time of the Reformation. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations The written word is necessarily confined to the things of the understanding because only the understanding has written language; whereas art deals with ideas of a different mental texture, which words can only vaguely suggest. The Practice and Science of Drawing Hence, real interjections are not a part of written language. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures He learned to read also the written language of men, and studied the wise and holy words which have kept goodness before men's sight since knowledge began. John of the Woods At the beginning, only its spoken form existed, later it appeared as a written language too. The Brain, A Decoded Enigma In becoming acquainted with the Japanese and Chinese peoples, an Occidental is much impressed with their powers of memory, and this especially in connection with the written language, the far-famed "Chinese Character," or ideograph. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic People possessing no written language find the pictorial representations of the civilized world the nearest approach to savage hieroglyphics. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The elements of written language consist of letters or characters, which, by common consent and general usage, are combined into words, and thus made the ocular representatives of the articulate sounds uttered by the voice. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures These massive coffins, which are upwards of three thousand years old, and are eloquent with the mystic written language of that remote antiquity, deserve more than a transient notice even from the unscientific visitor. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits One of the earliest of these too-complicated activities was written language—reading, writing, spelling. What the Schools Teach and Might Teach It is probable that the Chinese written language, literature, and ethical teachings of Confucius came to Japan from Korea after the Christian era. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Education.—The art of conveying thought through the medium of written language is so valuable and so necessary, a thorough knowledge of the practice must be desirable to every one. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics Here again, however, the written language is only an intermediary; we have as before, the contact of two minds—only here it is often the lighter contact of good-fellowship. A Librarian's Open Shelf Yet it is bound to come to some extent, and in future ages the written language will develop into pretty well the same as Latin among ourselves. Across China on Foot Spoken or written language is a very complicated affair, but it is in reality an arbitrary arrangement. The Last Reformation The difficulties of such a step are enormous and cannot be appreciated by anyone not familiar with the written language of Japan. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic But it is the want of written language, and the obstacles in the way of its acquirement, which constitute the chief disability of the deaf mute in the attempt to gain an education. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Where only the learned know how to read and write, the written language takes on a learned tinge; the popular spoken tongue has nothing to keep it steady and changes rapidly and unsystematically. A Librarian's Open Shelf We do not need translators, as we have adopted a universal written language. Strange Visitors These things I mention merely to call attention to the fact that spoken and written language is a curious and wonderfully complicated affair. The Revelation Explained Its effect upon the speech of the common people would be slight, because of the absence of the common school which does so much to-day to hold together the spoken and written languages. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature This, his only vehicle of thought, is a hindrance instead of a help in learning written language, there being no analogy whatever between the two methods of expressing ideas. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 What then is the reasons for a separate written language, beyond the variety thereby secured, by the use of two senses, hearing and sight, instead of only one? A Librarian's Open Shelf Footnote 172: In the sphere of syntax one may point to certain French and Latin influences, but it is doubtful if they ever reached deeper than the written language. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech Spoken language was undoubtedly a gift from God originally, while written language is probably a mere human invention. The Revelation Explained The written language is apt to establish certain canons which the people do not observe. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Exceptional cases are of course to be found which are indeed a triumph of culture, but the great mass of the deaf and dumb must always be content with written language. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 This tendency has not yet appeared so much in our spoken as in our written language, and even here only in the most formal parts of it. A Librarian's Open Shelf I have endeavoured throughout this work to represent, or reproduce to the mind and heart of the reader the spoken word and intonation—not written language. Architecture and Democracy The incidents connected with the introduction of written language among a barbarous people are worthy of remark in this connection. The Revelation Explained To speak further of derivation, in the matter of compounds and crystallized word groups there are usually differences between a spoken and written language. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature With these tremendous odds against him the deaf-mute child is set to the task of acquiring a knowledge of written language. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 The missionaries, aided by Professor Lee, of Cambridge, gave the Maori a written language. The Long White Cloud And this written language, as read aloud from books, is not spoken in any place whatever, under any form of pronunciation. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 The Hawaiians were enabled to get their old stories into print because they suddenly fell into the hands of masterful men who had a written language. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient Since the growth of written language great books have been the well-springs of thought and feeling for mankind, from which successive generations have drawn the water of life. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible Importance of Good Letter Writing.+—Letter writing is the form of written language used by most of us more frequently than any other form. Composition-Rhetoric It does not seem a place for men who walk erect, wear woven fabrics, enjoy a written language, and use soap and safety razors. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form The so-called 'written language' is indeed uniform throughout the whole country, but that is rather a notation than a language. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 In the absence of a written language or forms of expression capable of conveying abstract ideas, we can readily comprehend the necessity, among a primitive people, of a symbolic system. The Symbolism of Freemasonry Hence letters are the least parts of written language only; but the least parts of spoken words are syllables, and not letters. The Grammar of English Grammars In many of these countries they have no written language, consequently no Bible, and are only led by the most childish customs and traditions. An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens In Which the Religious State of the Different Nations of the World, the Success of Former Undertakings, and the Practicability of Further Undertakings, Are Considered We must remember that besides the literary or written languages of each country there are several spoken dialects. The World War and What was Behind It Or, the Story of the Map of Europe Four written languages are spoken in their valleys, and ten times as many local dialects. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Was it possible for Jasmin to revive the dialect, and embody it in a written language? Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Among all the particulars which constitute this subject, there are none which better deserve to be everywhere known, by proper and determinate names, than these prime elements of all written language. The Grammar of English Grammars Thirdly, in other parts, where they have a written language, as in the East-Indies, China, Japan, &c. they know nothing of the gospel. An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens In Which the Religious State of the Different Nations of the World, the Success of Former Undertakings, and the Practicability of Further Undertakings, Are Considered Men have the opportunity of seeing each other; means of execution are more readily combined, and opinions are maintained with a degree of warmth and energy which written language cannot approach. Democracy in America — Volume 1 As a rule the intellect is unaffected, the patient has the ideas, but lacks the power to give them proper expression through words, written language, or gesture. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine No two nations have the same written language, and often cities of the same nation have a written language that differs greatly from that of the nation to which they belong. Warlord of Mars And in proportion as books are multiplied, and the knowledge of written language is diffused, local dialects, which are beneath the dignity of grammar, will always be found to grow fewer, and their differences less. The Grammar of English Grammars Europeans, who tended to identify knowledge with writing, had long assumed that, because there was no written language in early Africa, there could be no body of knowledge. The Black Experience in America A people without written language, without art, without homes, without love; the victim of eons of the horrible community idea. A Princess of Mars There is nothing in the written language that, for sheer drama and magnificence, can equal it as it is chanted in the Hebrew. Fanny Herself That matron, like most Grecian women, was ignorant of her own written language. Philothea A Grecian Romance Some critics tell us that there was no coined money at that time; the Israelites had no written language, no commerce with neighboring tribes, and that they could neither read nor write. The Woman's Bible It is not a written language, but the Moravians have adapted the English alphabet to it and are teaching the Eskimos to read and write. The Long Labrador Trail The written language mentioned above you will see often in the Northland. The Forest "But," I again broke in, "where the bodily presence is weak and the speech contemptible, surely there cannot be error in making written language the medium of better utterance than faltering lips can achieve?" Villette The learned, if any learned there were, could; but knowing by that learning, some written language, in that language they wrote, as letters had never been applied to their own. Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 As these people had no written language at that time, and could neither read nor write, they were fitting subjects for all manner of delusions and superstitions. The Woman's Bible It is a most delightful consideration, that it has pleased God to secure to us a written language. The Young Woman's Guide I have heard him tell that story with all the natural, indescribable Irish tones and gestures of which written language can give but a faint idea. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 Men have the opportunity of seeing each other; means of execution are more readily combined; and opinions are maintained with a degree of warmth and energy which written language cannot approach. American Institutions and Their Influence She possessed considerable knowledge of the written language, and still greater familiarity with the colloquial of the Chinese, and devoted joyfully and successfully her acquirements, time, and talents to the interests of the mission. Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission They had a written language 300 years before Homer wrote his immortal Iliad. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments Of course I make no reference here to the elegances and refinements of written language. Journalism for Women A Practical Guide It appears that about the middle of the twelfth century this new dialect had risen to the dignity of being a written language; and it spread gradually through the country. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Who can read the Poet's dream, Shadow forth his glorious theme, And in written language tell The workings of the potent spell, Whose mysterious tones impart Life and vigour to his heart? Life in the Clearings versus the Bush The German tribes which had invaded the Empire had no written languages of their own, and their spoken dialects differed much from the Latin speech of those whom they had conquered. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization Far away in the interior there exist numerous Indian tribes with, as yet, no written language, and consequently no Bible. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America The legend of Cadmus indicates the introduction of written language from the East, the Theban city was. Palamon and Arcite Yet many words, which have the same sound, represent different ideas; and these must be represented also in the written language. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities And with them the want of a written language was thus in a measure compensated. An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830 He devised an alphabet for them, based on the Greek, and gave them a written language into which he translated for them the Bible, or rather large portions of it. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization They had no written languages or history; their knowledge of their own past was confined to vague and fanciful traditions. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 So much, at any rate, of the school appears wherever there is a written language, and its presence marks a stage in the civilizing process. Mankind in the Making The Erse," he says, "was always oral only, and never a written language. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes The correct use of written language is best taught by selecting for compositions subject-matter that deeply interests the children. De La Salle Fifth Reader The Latin language was corrupted and modified into spoken dialects, and the written language died out except with the monks and the clergy. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization The characters of their written language differ widely, and great varieties of arrangement exist among them. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes After the discovery of letters, the facts of Astronomy and Chemistry became recorded in written language, though the antient hieroglyphic characters for the planets and metals continue in use at this day. The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. From the alphabet the gradation is natural to compounds of letters and written language, and, though speech is one of the greatest gifts to man, it is writing which distinguishes him from the uncivilized savage. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation Mr. Tulliver did not willingly write a letter, and found the relation between spoken and written language, briefly known as spelling, one of the most puzzling things in this puzzling world. The Mill on the Floss Some broad rules are laid down, the observance of which will enable the reader to keep within the pale of propriety in oral and written language. How to Speak and Write Correctly To him was given the task of embodying, in written language, the sentiments and the principles for which, at that moment, a liberty-loving people were battling with their lives. The True Citizen, How to Become One His paper on the subject, which was the first intimation the public had of the great news, was telegraphed to every part of the world and translated into nearly every written language. The Great Stone of Sardis Nor does the complicated nature of their written language, which consists of more than one hundred thousand word-signs, admit of any readier mode. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation We believe that Man had a written language. Sketches New and Old, Part 3. With the invention of written language these laws could become still better fixed and more clearly known. Problems of Conduct In the Arabian legend of the City of Brass, we are told that the people who were destroyed were great architects, metallurgists, agriculturists, and machinists, and that they possessed a written language. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel Long ago one borrowed the other’s written language, and long before that, untold generations ago, they diverged from a common root, the ancient Mongol stock. Revolution, and Other Essays All praise to the inventive genius that gave to man a written language, and with it the implements with which to talk across the world! Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us There was more of confidence and hope in them than pages of written language could express. The Two Wives Or, Lost and Won Secrets like this do not always need oral or written language to make them known. Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures But the Americans are more likely to be infected by the corruption of our written language than we are to have it debased by any importations of this kind from them. Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society The silversmith was as ignorant of English as he was of any written language. Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41 Neolithic man knew nothing of the art of extracting the metals from their ores, nor had he a written language. The Elements of Geology Then, let us consider their written language, the oldest in the world except Hebrew, says Dr. Williams, and the oldest spoken language without any exception. Tea Leaves The Bontoc man has not begun even the simplest form of permanent mechanical record in the line of a written language, and no vocabulary of the language has before been published. The Bontoc Igorot These have their laws handed down to them from father to son—it is a nation without a written language. The Clue of the Twisted Candle The rude hieroglyphics or pictoriographs of the Indians were essentially different from all written language. Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41 Formally, if the issue of literacy and the constitution of languages are connected, then this connection started with written languages. The Civilization of Illiteracy Professor James Legge, writing upon Confucianism and Taoism, says that the written language of China takes us back at least five thousand years. Tea Leaves But the process appears to have been the other way, so far at any rate as the written language is concerned. Religions of Ancient China Riddles and word-puzzles are largely used for the purpose of killing time, the nature of the written language offering unlimited facilities for the formation of the latter. Historic China, and other sketches On these peculiarities it is not the purpose of this article to enter, but hasten to George Gist, brooding over a written language for his people. Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41 Why reading, comprehension, and recall of written language have become more uncertain in recent years, despite efforts made by schools, parents, employers, and governments to improve instruction, remains unanswered. The Civilization of Illiteracy The written language was already highly developed, being much the same as we now find it. The Civilization of China Of course the blacks failed to understand its purport as a book, having no written language of their own; but my manner and words served to impress them. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont Long ago one had borrowed the other’s written language, and, untold generations before that, they had diverged from the common Mongol stock. The Strength of the Strong The fact is, that many of our combinations of consonants in the English written language are artificial, and worse than worthless. Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41 While the use of verbal language makes possible the differentiation of human praxis, the use of written language requires the division between physical and non-physical work. The Civilization of Illiteracy He was a personal God, as we know from the ancient character by which He was designated in the written language of early ages, that character being a rude picture of a man. The Civilization of China Japan had no written language of any kind until it received one from China about the sixth century of the Christian Era. The Story of Evolution The written language of the Sumerians and Mesopotamians also changed as the pragmatic framework changed. The Civilization of Illiteracy In my own observation, Indian children will take one or two, at times several, years to master the English printed and written language, but in a few days can read and write in Cherokee. Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41 Clues in written language are clues to language first of all, and only afterwards clues to human experience. The Civilization of Illiteracy Primitive barter did not rely on and did not require the written word, although barter continued even after the place of written language became secure. The Civilization of Illiteracy The alienation peculiar to barter and the alienation characteristic of a market relying on the mediating function of written language are far from being one and the same. The Civilization of Illiteracy In other words, although it seems that written language is less alive than conversation, and less bound to change, it actually changes. The Civilization of Illiteracy Nevertheless, events preceding written language give us the perspective of what made writing necessary, and why some cultures never developed a written language. The Civilization of Illiteracy After all was measured and analyzed, the only dependable conclusion was that the effects of images on comprehension of written language are not easy to explain. The Civilization of Illiteracy Their strategies resulted from the same expectations and pragmatic requirements that gave rise to the experience of written language. The Civilization of Illiteracy By a definition still to be challenged, there is no literature outside written language. The Civilization of Illiteracy The goal is to explain and document that various relations between spoken and written language and the language of literature lead to various writing conventions. The Civilization of Illiteracy Literacy-based transactions involved all the characteristics of written language and all the implications of reading pertinent to the transaction. The Civilization of Illiteracy In ages when written language emerged, sporting events become part of social life. The Civilization of Illiteracy |
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