Evaluating merit—the evolution of writing reconsidered
Florian Coulmas
This article examines the question whether merits of a writing system have bearing on its spreading. While it is well known that diffusion systems and scripts follows religions, empires other non-linguistic factors, adoption reform or orthography invariably promoted grounds systematic merits. Since an artefact stands to reason some are superior others. Yet, difficult define absolute standard goodness against which different could be measured compared. Instead this raises why, if true in long run quality prevails, after 5000 years universal visual code for language has not won world-wide recognition. Discussing variety examples offers six partial answers.
Writing Systems Research