print email comment close Why Write? URL: http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/why/whywrite.html Description: "These pages will allow you to explore how writing can incorporate sight, sound, touch and gesture. You will also see the ways in which cultural, social, historical and personal circumstances influence the way we write and the scripts we create." Features illustrated essays on why we write (including alternatives to writing), how writing works (creating scripts and tools and materials), and ways of writing; an alphabet gallery; and alphabet activities. From the British Library. Publisher: The British Library Board Extra Keywords shorthand LII Database Information: Record 26414 created by Maria Brandt on 06/28/2008 Last modification on 08/18/2008 Published: 08/27/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26414