Typology of Writing Systems

Name: Typology of Writing Systems
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Susanne R. Borgwaldt Terry Joyce(Herausgeber*in)

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Erschienen am 27. Juni 2013

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Typology of Writing Systems
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Title page
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Table of contents
Typology of writing systems
1. Sixth International Workshop of the Association of Written Language and Literacy (AWLL) in Braunschweig, Germany
2. Brief review of research relating to the typology of writing systems
3. Special issue contributions to typology of writing systems research
Notes
References
Comparative graphematics
1. Introduction
2. Definitions
3. Two aspects of comparative graphematics
3.1 Representation of long consonants
3.2 Gemination of consonant letters
3.3 Summary: Gemination of letters and consonantal length
4. Concluding remarks on comparative graphematics
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
appendix 1. Abbreviations and symbols
appendix 2. Graphemic Glossing
Similarities among the shapes of writing and their effects on learning
1. Introduction
2. Similarity among the shapes of Latin letters
3. Effects of similarity on learning
4. Data
4.1 Asymmetries in correctness and legibility of letter printing and copying
4.2 Asymmetries in letter reversals
4.3 Asymmetries with forms other than letters
5. Summary of results
6. Conclusions
Notes
References
The significance of the morphographic principle for the classification of writing-systems
1. Introduction
2. The Japanese writing system
2.1 The formation principles of kanji
2.2 The complexity of the Japanese writing system
3. Treatment of kanji within linguistic classifications of writing systems and terminology issues
3.1 Language and mediums of expression
3.1.1 What to regard as writing?
3.1.2 How does writing relate to language?
3.1.3 What linguistic units are represented in pleremic writing systems?
3.2 Pictographs and the ideographic myth
3.3 Logographic versus morphographic
4. Two-kanji compound words in the Japanese mental lexicon
5. Conclusion
Notes
References
A tone orthography typology
1. Introduction
2. The six parameters
2.1 First parameter: Domain
2.2 Second parameter: Target
2.2.1 Tones
2.2.2 Grammar
2.2.3 Lexicon
2.2.4 Dual strategies
2.3 Third parameter: Symbol
2.3.1 Phonographic representations
2.3.2 Semiographic representations
2.4 Fourth parameter: Position
2.5 Fifth parameter: Density
2.5.1 Introduction
2.5.2 Zero density
2.5.3 Partial density
2.5.4 Exhaustive density
2.6 Sixth parameter: Depth
2.6.1 Introduction
2.6.2 Surface representation
2.6.3 Deep representation
2.6.4 Shallow (transparent) representation
3. Conclusion
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliographical references
Measuring graphematic transparency
1. From orthographic depth to graphematic transparency
2. Types of correspondence rules
3. Italian
4. Discussion
Notes
References
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Writing in Portuguese chats :)
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical background
2.1 Writing systems
2.2 The Portuguese writing system
2.3 Chat discourse
3. Corpus-based study
3.1 Methodology
3.2 Classification of data
3.2.1 Changes at the syllable level
3.2.2 Changes at the word level
3.2.3 Change at sentence level
3.3 Results
3.4 Discussion
4. Conclusion
Notes
References
Index

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