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Vol. 4 Issue 22 – Video: Origin of the Alphabet

Cambridge's 'Cambridge English' team has posted a replay of the webinar "Which Comes First, the Grammar or the Outcome?"
By
Tarun Patel
May 28, 2012

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#22 | May 28, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036

Evolutionary biology is the lens through which the alphabet can be linked to Chinese, the hieroglyphs, Hebrew, Korean, Spanish, and more. Language is too similar not to have an basis for that unity. Survival was the reality at the time that our writing emerged. We are animals, and our alphabet reflects this. For more info, visit www.originofalphabet.com.


 

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  2. Saltanat May 28, 2012 Reply

    It’s interesting and useful to know! Thanks. Never thought about it.

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