Analyses of Script
Properties of Characters and Writing Systems
1st Edition
Published on 27. August 2008
VIII, 173 pages
978-3-11-020710-1 (ISBN)
Description
This volume presents 12 papers on a new approach to the analysis of writing systems. For the first time, quantitative methods are introduced into this area of research in a systematic way. The individual contributions give an overview about quantitative properties of symbols and of writing systems, introduce methods of analysis, study individual writing systems as used for different languages, set up an explanatory model of phenomena connected to script development/evolution, and give a perspective to a general theory of writing systems.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Publishing group
de Gruyter Mouton
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
Num. figs. and tabs.
Num. figs. and tabs.
File size
1,68 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-11-020710-1 (9783110207101)
DOI
http://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110207101
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
04/2008
1st Edition
De Gruyter Mouton
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Persons
Gabriel Altmann, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany; Fan Fengxiang, Dalian Maritime University, China.
Content
1 - Frontmatter [Seite 1]
2 - Contents [Seite 7]
3 - Quantitative analysis of writing systems: an introduction [Seite 11]
4 - The phoneme-grapheme relationship in Italian [Seite 21]
5 - Graphemic representation of English phonemes [Seite 33]
6 - The phoneme-grapheme relationship in Slovene [Seite 69]
7 - On the distribution of graphemic representations [Seite 83]
8 - The phoneme-grapheme relation in Slovak [Seite 87]
9 - Script ornamentality [Seite 99]
10 - On the decrease of complexity from hieroglyphs to hieratic symbols [Seite 113]
11 - The fractal dimension of script: an experiment [Seite 123]
12 - On graphemic representation of the Oriya phonemes [Seite 129]
13 - On the relation between types and tokens of Japanese morae [Seite 149]
14 - Towards a theory of script [Seite 157]
15 - Backmatter [Seite 173]
2 - Contents [Seite 7]
3 - Quantitative analysis of writing systems: an introduction [Seite 11]
4 - The phoneme-grapheme relationship in Italian [Seite 21]
5 - Graphemic representation of English phonemes [Seite 33]
6 - The phoneme-grapheme relationship in Slovene [Seite 69]
7 - On the distribution of graphemic representations [Seite 83]
8 - The phoneme-grapheme relation in Slovak [Seite 87]
9 - Script ornamentality [Seite 99]
10 - On the decrease of complexity from hieroglyphs to hieratic symbols [Seite 113]
11 - The fractal dimension of script: an experiment [Seite 123]
12 - On graphemic representation of the Oriya phonemes [Seite 129]
13 - On the relation between types and tokens of Japanese morae [Seite 149]
14 - Towards a theory of script [Seite 157]
15 - Backmatter [Seite 173]
