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The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People's Perseverance Volume 56

The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People's Perseverance Volume 56

Cushman, Ellen

Hardcover

Series: American Indian Literature and Critical Studies, Book 56

Native American HistoryLinguistics

ISBN10: 0806142200
ISBN13: 9780806142203
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: Dec 10 2011
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
Awards: Oklahoma Book Award

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.

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