The Linguistics of Maya Writing
The Linguistics of Maya Writing by Soren Wichmann
English | 1 Dec. 2003 | ISBN: 0874807697 | 442 Pages | PDF | 6 MB
English | 1 Dec. 2003 | ISBN: 0874807697 | 442 Pages | PDF | 6 MB
Deciphering Maya hieroglyphics SCHOLARS FIRST BEGAN to unravel the ancient Maya "script" during the 1980s, based primarily on phonetic decipherment of individual signs with reference to recorded languages. But to move beyond simple interpretation to a deeper, grammatical understanding required the application of historical linguistic techniques.