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Ellen Cushman Ellen Cushman (author) The Cherokee Syllabary (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- The Cherokee Syllabary
- EAN
- 9780806142203
- Subtitle
- Writing the People's Perseverance
- ISBN
- 9780806142203
- Release Date
- 30/12/2011
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Genre
- Language & Reference
- ISBN-10
- 0806142200
- Title
- The Cherokee Syllabary
- Release Year
- 2011
- Item Length
- 140mm
- Item Weight
- 434g
- Topic
- Social Sciences
- Subject Area
- Regional History
- Publication Name
- The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People's Perseverance
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Subject
- Writing & Reading, History
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Series
- American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series
- Type
- Study Guide
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 216 mm
- Item Width
- 140 mm
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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In 1821, Sequoyah, a Cherokee metalworker and inventor, introduced a writing system that he had been developing for more than a decade. His creation - the Cherokee syllabary - helped his people learn to read and write within five years and became a principal part of their identity. This groundbreaking study traces the creation, dissemination, and evolution of Sequoyah's syllabary from script to print to digital forms. Breaking with conventional understanding, author Ellen Cushman shows that the syllabary was not based on alphabetic writing, as is often thought, but rather on Cherokee syllables and, more importantly, on Cherokee meanings. Employing an engaging narrative approach, Cushman relates how Sequoyah created the syllabary apart from Western alphabetic models. But he called it an alphabet because he anticipated the Western assumption that only alphabetic writing is legitimate. Calling the syllabary an alphabet, though, has led to our current misunderstanding of just what it is and of the genius behind it - until now. In her opening chapters, Cushman traces the history of Sequoyah's invention and explains the logic of the syllabary's structure and the graphic relationships among the characters, both of which might have made the system easy for native speakers to use. Later chapters address the syllabary's enduring significance, showing how it allowed Cherokees to protect, enact, and codify their knowledge and to weave non-Cherokee concepts into their language and life. The result was their enhanced ability to adapt to social change on and in Cherokee terms. Cushman adeptly explains complex linguistic concepts in an accessible style, even as she displays impressive understanding of interrelated issues in Native American studies, colonial studies, cultural anthropology, linguistics, rhetoric, and literacy studies. Profound, like the invention it explores, The Cherokee Syllabary will reshape the study of Cherokee history and culture. Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-13
9780806142203
eBay Product ID (ePID)
180163189
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People's Perseverance
Publication Year
2021
Subject
Writing & Reading, History
Type
Study Guide
Subject Area
Regional History
Series
American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
216 mm
Item Width
140 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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