The Death of Mexican Pictography
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | The Death of Mexican Pictography - The Disappearance of Writing Systems |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Elizabeth Boone; Tulane University; United States |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Linguistics; History |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | ancient writing; Mexican pictography; semiotics; linguistics |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | P101-410 Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar; P901-1091 Extinct ancient or medieval languages |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | Mexican pictography—the graphic system of communication used by the Aztecs, Mixtecs, and their neighbours in central and southern Mexico c. AD 1300–1600—is not usually embraced within the term ‘writing’ by specialists in writing systems. This is because, as Houston et al. (2003: 430) have recently noted, Mexican pictography does not have as its goal the recording of speech or ‘meaningful sound’ and thus ‘depart[s] from the linguistic underpinnings that characterize the writing systems of the world’. These scholars further assert that the study of Mexican pictography ‘is not very helpful in understanding heavily phonic systems’. As a specialist in Mexican pictography, I am compelled to argue to the contrary. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Sep-2008 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | historical and methodological study |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/19003 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.19003 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Disappearance of Writing Systems |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Mexico, AD 1300–1600 |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |