Runes, ogham and Latin scripts: transition between orality and literacy in post-Roman Britain
Jacek Mianowski
Runic and ogham scrips are an important part of the heritage British Isles. While it is difficult to determine exactly where when they were invented, contemporary consensus on this issue leaves many questions open, importance these writing systems in oral-literate transition cannot be called into question. For reasons, following study has two aims. Firstly, attempts familiarise reader with historical background process from orality literacy. Secondly, tries allocate runes, Latin scripts within anthropological perspective.
Scripta Neophilologica Posnaniensia