Writing signs
Communication écrite
Written communication
Languages & Literatures
Arabic language
Langage
Literacy
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Language
Aspect social
Social aspects
History
Explores the complex relationship between alphabet and language, as well as the ways the two elements are socially defined by time and place. The author focuses on the Eastern Mediterranean in the 6th-12th centuries, particularly Cairo's Fatimid dynasty of 969-1171.
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