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Genre/Form: | Encyclopedia |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Carl G Liungman |
ISBN: | 9197270504 9789197270502 |
OCLC Number: | 62522431 |
Notes: | Previously titled: Thought signs : the semiotics of symbols-- western non-pictorial ideograms / Carl G. Liungman. 1995. |
Description: | 640 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Other Titles: | Encyclopedia of western signs and ideograms |
Responsibility: | Carl G. Liungman. |
Abstract:
Contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti.
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