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'''Writing''' is the representation of [[language]] in a [[text (literary theory)|text]]ual [[Media (arts)|medium]] through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a [[writing system]]).<ref>Peter T. Daniels, "The Study of Writing Systems", in ''The World's Writing Systems'', ed. Bright and Daniels, p. 3</ref> It is distinguished from [[illustration]], such as [[cave drawing]] and [[painting]], and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as [[Magnetic tape sound recording|magnetic tape audio]]. | '''[[Writing]]''' is the representation of [[language]] in a [[text (literary theory)|text]]ual [[Media (arts)|medium]] through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a [[writing system]]).<ref>Peter T. Daniels, "The Study of Writing Systems", in ''The World's Writing Systems'', ed. Bright and Daniels, p. 3</ref> It is distinguished from [[illustration]], such as [[cave drawing]] and [[painting]], and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as [[Magnetic tape sound recording|magnetic tape audio]]. | ||
Writing most likely began as a consequence of political expansion in ancient cultures, which needed reliable means for transmitting information, maintaining financial accounts, keeping historical records, and similar activities. Around the 4th millennium BC, the complexity of trade and administration outgrew the power of memory{{Fact|date=October 2010}}, and writing became a more dependable method of recording and presenting transactions in a permanent form<ref name="Robinson, 2003, p. 36">Robinson, 2003, p. 36</ref>. In both [[Mesoamerica]] and [[Ancient Egypt]] writing may have evolved through calendrics and a political necessity for recording historical and environmental events. | Writing most likely began as a consequence of political expansion in ancient cultures, which needed reliable means for transmitting information, maintaining financial accounts, keeping historical records, and similar activities. Around the 4th millennium BC, the complexity of trade and administration outgrew the power of memory{{Fact|date=October 2010}}, and writing became a more dependable method of recording and presenting transactions in a permanent form<ref name="Robinson, 2003, p. 36">Robinson, 2003, p. 36</ref>. In both [[Mesoamerica]] and [[Ancient Egypt]] writing may have evolved through calendrics and a political necessity for recording historical and environmental events. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:47, 20 November 2010
Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a writing system).[1] It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio.
Writing most likely began as a consequence of political expansion in ancient cultures, which needed reliable means for transmitting information, maintaining financial accounts, keeping historical records, and similar activities. Around the 4th millennium BC, the complexity of trade and administration outgrew the power of memory[citation needed], and writing became a more dependable method of recording and presenting transactions in a permanent form[2]. In both Mesoamerica and Ancient Egypt writing may have evolved through calendrics and a political necessity for recording historical and environmental events.