The alphabet

The alphabet is a short film from 1958 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

In this series, Dr. Henry Lee Smith, Jr., Professor of Linguistics and English at the University of Buffalo, presents an introduction to linguistics covering the nature of language, its structure and development.;In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., anal...

The alphabet
Release date	1958
Running time	1:56:04
Language	English

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71243

Summary

In this series, Dr. Henry Lee Smith, Jr., Professor of Linguistics and English at the University of Buffalo, presents an introduction to linguistics covering the nature of language, its structure and development.;In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., analyzes the English writing system and traces the origin, development and spread of the alphabet. He spends a short time discussing other important writing systems, including Sanskrit, Chinese, and Arabic, and discusses the significance of hieroglyphics in the development of written language.

Physical Format

4 Films (1:56:04)

16mm

IUL Genres

IUL Subject

Alphabet

Language and languages

Language and Linguistics

Full Original Title

The alphabet