《文字的故事》内容简介
从最早的结绳记事到如今的智能手机、平板电脑，人类文明是如何一步步走到现在的？语言、文字、信息传播等，对于文明的传承和发展意义非凡。直到今天，都有很多人把文字当作文明产生的要素之一。《文字的故事》研究了全球文字的起源与发展，从最早的石版画、甲骨文开始讲到今日的计算机和互联网的语言，作者放眼全球，对整个文字发展过程做了梳理。这本书给我们提供了一个看问题的角度，更广阔的视角、更新颖的角度，来看待文明和历史。
文字都是抽象的，因而图片就显得特别重要。本书中有大量的古文字图片，让内容变得生动有趣，易于理解，即使不是研究学者，也能轻松阅读。此外，作者还讲述了自己自20世纪80年代初期到现在的发现，供学生、专家和一般读者作为参考。
作者简介
史蒂文·罗杰·费舍尔是新西兰人，在奥克兰波利尼西亚语言和文学研究所的主任。他的著作包括:《破解象形文字》、《语言史》、《阅读史》、《世界尽头的岛屿:复活节岛动荡史》(2005)和《岛屿:从亚特兰蒂斯到桑给巴尔岛》(2012)，最近中信出版社出版了他的《语言的历史》（2023.7）。
译者简介：
孙宝国，男1968年生，上海师范大学影视传媒学院院长、教授、博士生导师，上海师范大学马克思主义研究院执行院长（兼），上海高校智库▪上海师范大学都市文化产业研究院院长（兼），国家公派利物浦大学访问学者。主持省部级以上项目12项，其中国家社科基金项目2项。出版专著11部、教材1部。
A brief introduction to the contents of "Little Bean by the continuation Window"
At the end of "Little Bean by the Window", the train running in the dark night, what kind of future will little Bean carry?
After leaving Ba Academy, Dou Dou began to think, "What is my talent?" "I want to be..." The confusion. Every time at this time, she will always think of the headmaster Xiao Lin "you are really a good boy" this sentence. Gradually, the lyrics of the new school song also grew secretly in the heart of Xiao Dou: Use your life to bloom, like a flower!
About the author
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Japanese writer, TV host and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
In 1981, based on her childhood experience in Ba Gakuen, she created the popular "Little Bean at the Window", which set the record of the best-selling book in Japan, and was translated into 35 languages, touching tens of thousands of readers around the world.
In 1984, she was appointed by UNICEF as the first ever Goodwill Ambassador in Asia.
The simplified Chinese version of "Xiao Dou by the Window" was introduced by New Classic Culture Co., Ltd. in 2003 and has a circulation of more than 17 million copies by March 2024.
