Uandishi

Uandishi ni njia ya mawasiliano kati ya watu inayowakilisha lugha na hisia kwa alama na ishara zilizorekodiwa. 

Katika lugha nyingi, uandishi unakamilisha mawasiliano ya sauti, ukitumia miundo yake, kama vile maneno, sarufi na semantiki. 

Uandishi si lugha ya pekee, bali aina ya teknolojia iliyostawi pamoja na vifaa wilivyotengenezwa katika jamii fulani. 

Kilichopatikana kwa njia ya uandishi kinaitwa matini, na anayeyapokea anaitwa msomaji. 

Sababu za kuandika zinajumuisha barua, hadithi, shajara na kutoa vitabu. 

Uandishi umewezesha kutunza kumbukumbu za historia, kudumisha utamaduni, kusambaza ujuzi na kuunda mifumo ya sheria. 

Pia ni muhimu katika kumwezesha mtu kutokeza ya kwake, kama wanavyofanya washairi na watunzi wengine.  

Kadiri jamii zilivyostawi, zilihitaji mabadilishano ya taarifa, utunzaji wa kumbukumbu mbalimbali (k.mf. hesabu, sheria na mikataba). 

Kufikia milenia ya 4 KK, biashara na utawala huko Mesopotamia vilizidi uwezo wa kumbukumbu ya binadamu na kuhitaji maandishi; vilevile katika Misri ya Kale na Amerika ya Kati.

Tanbihi

Marejeo

 A History of Writing: From Hieroglyph to Multimedia, edited by Anne-Marie Christin, Flammarion  (in French, hardcover: 408 pages, 2002, ISBN 2-08-010887-5)
 In the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language. By Joel M. Hoffman, 2004. Chapter 3 covers the invention of writing and its various stages.
 Origins of writing on AncientScripts.com
 Museum of Writing : UK Museum of Writing with information on writing history and implements
 On ERIC Digests: Writing Instruction: Current Practices in the Classroom ; Writing Development ; Writing Instruction: Changing Views over the Years 
 Angioni, Giulio, La scrittura, una fabrilità semiotica, in Fare, dire, sentire. L'identico e il diverso nelle culture, il Maestrale, 2011, 149–169. ISBN 978-88-6429-020-1
 Children of the Code: The Power of Writing – Online Video
 Powell, Barry B. 2009. Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization, Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-6256-2
 Reynolds, Jack 2004. Merleau-Ponty And Derrida: Intertwining Embodiment And Alterity, Ohio University Press
 Rogers, Henry. 2005. Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-23463-2 (hardcover); ISBN 0-631-23464-0 (paperback)
 
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 Haarmann, H. 1990 Writing from Old Europe. The Journal of Indo-European Studies 17
 Lazarovici, Gh., Fl. Drasovean & Z. Maxim 2000 The Eagle – the Bird of death, regeneration resurrection and mesenger of Godds. Archaeological and ethnological problems. Tibiscum, 57–68
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 Winn, Sham M. M. 1981 Pre-writing in Southeast Europe: The Sign System of the Vinca culture. BAR
 Merlini, Marco 2004 La scrittura è natta in Europa?, Roma (2004)
 Merlini, Marco and Gheorghe Lazarovici 2008 Luca, Sabin Adrian ed. "Settling discovery circumstances, dating and utilization of the Tărtăria Tablets"
 Merlini, Marco and Gheorghe Lazarovici 2005 "New archaeological data referring to Tărtăria tablets", in Documenta Praehistorica XXXII, Department of Archeology Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. Ljubljana:2005-2019.

Viungo vya nje
 Language, Writing and Alphabet: An Interview with Christophe Rico Damqatum 3 (2007)
 "Signs - Books - Networks", virtual exhibition of the German Museum of Books and Writing i.a. with a thematic module on sounds, symbols and script
 Pictopen: Modern written communication based on pictograms

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