Written Language Revisited
Published on 1. January 1989
Book
Hardback
220 pages
978-90-272-2064-6 (ISBN)
Description
Josef Vachek, one of the last living exponents of the Prague School, has dedicated 50 years of his life to the study of written language in all its aspects. This volume is a tribute to him on the occasion of his 80th birthday. It contains a selection of his papers written between 1945 and 1987.
Contents Writing and phonetic transcription; Written language and printed language; The linguistic status of written utterances; The primacy of writing?; Segmentation of the flow of speech and written language; The stylistics of written language; Glossematics and written language; Paralinguistic sounds, written language and language development; Written language as a heterogenous system; The 1929 Praguian Theses, internal speech, and written language; Written language seen from the functionalist angle; On the problem of written language; The development of the written norm of English; Puristic tendencies in written language; Redundancy in written language with special regard to capitalization of graphemes; Spelling as an important linguistic concept; Pluridimensionality of written utterances and its consequences; Revaluations of redundant graphemes; Thoughts on some fifty years of research in written language.
Contents Writing and phonetic transcription; Written language and printed language; The linguistic status of written utterances; The primacy of writing?; Segmentation of the flow of speech and written language; The stylistics of written language; Glossematics and written language; Paralinguistic sounds, written language and language development; Written language as a heterogenous system; The 1929 Praguian Theses, internal speech, and written language; Written language seen from the functionalist angle; On the problem of written language; The development of the written norm of English; Puristic tendencies in written language; Redundancy in written language with special regard to capitalization of graphemes; Spelling as an important linguistic concept; Pluridimensionality of written utterances and its consequences; Revaluations of redundant graphemes; Thoughts on some fifty years of research in written language.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-2064-6 (9789027220646)
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Content
1. Acknowledgments; 2. Introduction; 3. Some remarks on writing and phonetic transcription (1945-49); 4. Written language and printed language (1948); 5. On the linguistic status of written utterances (1965); 6. The primacy of writing? (1974); 7. Segmentation of the flow of speech and written language (1979); 8. Some remarks on the stylistics of written language (1979); 9. Glossematics and written language (1980); 10. Paralinguistic sounds, written language and language development (1981); 11. Written language as a heterogeneous system (1982); 12. The 1929 Praguin Theses, internal speech, and written language (1985); 13. Written language seen from the functionalist angle (1987); 14. On the problem of written language (1939, revised 1987); 15. Notes on the development of the written norm of English (1959, revised 1987); 16. Some remarks on puristic tendencies in written language (1987); 17. Remarks on redundancy in written language with special regard to capitalization of graphemes (1987); 18. Spelling as an important linguistic concept (1987); 19. On pluridimensionality of written utterances and its consequences (1987); 20. Some remarks on revaluations of redundant graphemes (1987); 21. Thoughts on some fifty years of research in written language (1987); 22. Index of persons; 23. Index of subjects