Writing Pictures and Painting Words: The Inherent Hybridity of Maya Writing

The tendency to simplify the richness and inherent hybridity of writing systems is apparent in considerations of the Maya hieroglyphic script. Orthodox approaches to Maya writing often focus exclusively on its linguistic dimensions; considerations of how imagery relates to this system—spatially and...

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Main Authors: Kathryn Marie Hudson, John S. Henderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de liège 2018-10-01
Series:Signata
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/signata/1648