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The Future of Writing

Lecture no. 24 from the course: Writing and Civilization: From Ancient Worlds to Modernity

The Future of Writing

Taught by Professor Marc Zender | 32 min | Categories: The Great Courses Plus Online Literature & Language Courses

Will typing replace handwriting? Will e-books make printed books obsolete? Will speech-to-text software replace our need to physically write at all? Join Professor Zender as he speculates about the future of writing based on past developments, from the invention of movable type to new signs and spelling conventions inspired by the QWERTY keyboard.

24 Lectures

1
Image of What Is Writing?
What Is Writing?
0 of 31 min
2
Image of The Origins and Development of Writing
The Origins and Development of Writing
0 of 31 min
3
Image of Where Did Our Alphabet Come From?
Where Did Our Alphabet Come From?
0 of 28 min
4
Image of The Fuþark—A Germanic Alphabet
The Fuþark—A Germanic Alphabet
0 of 30 min
5
Image of Chinese—A Logosyllabic Script
Chinese—A Logosyllabic Script
0 of 29 min
6
Image of Japanese—The World’s Most Complex Script
Japanese—The World’s Most Complex Script
0 of 30 min
7
Image of What Is Decipherment?
What Is Decipherment?
0 of 29 min
8
Image of The Five Pillars of Decipherment
The Five Pillars of Decipherment
0 of 30 min
9
Image of Epigraphic Illustration
Epigraphic Illustration
0 of 28 min
10
Image of The History of Language
The History of Language
0 of 30 min
11
Image of Proper Nouns and Cultural Context
Proper Nouns and Cultural Context
0 of 29 min
12
Image of Bilinguals, Biscripts, and Other Constraints
Bilinguals, Biscripts, and Other Constraints
0 of 29 min
13
Image of Egyptian—The First Great Decipherment
Egyptian—The First Great Decipherment
0 of 30 min
14
Image of What Do Egyptian Hieroglyphs Say?
What Do Egyptian Hieroglyphs Say?
0 of 29 min
15
Image of Old Persian—Cuneiform Deciphered
Old Persian—Cuneiform Deciphered
0 of 31 min
16
Image of What Does Cuneiform Say?
What Does Cuneiform Say?
0 of 31 min
17
Image of Mycenaean Linear B—An Aegean Syllabary
Mycenaean Linear B—An Aegean Syllabary
0 of 31 min
18
Image of Mayan Glyphs—A New World Logosyllabary
Mayan Glyphs—A New World Logosyllabary
0 of 30 min
19
Image of What Do the Mayan Glyphs Say?
What Do the Mayan Glyphs Say?
0 of 29 min
20
Image of Aztec Hieroglyphs—A Recent Decipherment
Aztec Hieroglyphs—A Recent Decipherment
0 of 30 min
21
Image of Etruscan and Meroïtic—Undeciphered Scripts
Etruscan and Meroïtic—Undeciphered Scripts
0 of 31 min
22
Image of Han'gul, Tengwar, and Other Featural Scripts
Han'gul, Tengwar, and Other Featural Scripts
0 of 30 min
23
Image of Medium and Message
Medium and Message
0 of 30 min
24
Image of The Future of Writing
The Future of Writing
0 of 32 min

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April 13, 2019

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March 13, 2018
Absolutely brilliant series! Covers high level concepts and layers knowledge in a way that feels like significant learning. Great lecturer with geeky persona and sweet cheesy jokes.

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a********m
January 15, 2018
A deep dive very well done.

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