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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">HI all,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">At the risk of shameless promotion, I call your attention to a new book just out: “Developing Orthographies for Unwritten Languages.” I do believe it may be quite helpful to some of you on this list.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Developing Orthographies for Unwritten Languages</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Table of Contents</p><p class="MsoNormal">1. Introduction – Keren Rice and Michael Cahill</p><p class="MsoNormal">
2. Non-Linguistic Factors in Orthographies – Michael Cahill</p><p class="MsoNormal">3. Orthography and Phonological Depth – Keith Snider</p><p class="MsoNormal">4. Orthography and Tone: A Tone-System Typology with Implications for Orthography Development – Constance Kutsch Lojenga</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5. Basic Principles for Establishing Word Boundaries – Constance Kutsch Lojenga</p><p class="MsoNormal">6. Standardization: What’s the Hurry? – Elke Karan </p><p class="MsoNormal">7. Orthography Wars – Leanne Hinton</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">8. Breaking Rules for Orthography Development – Pamela Munro </p><p class="MsoNormal">9. A Yanesha’ Alphabet for the Electronic Age – Mary Ruth Wise </p><p class="MsoNormal">10. Kurtöp Orthography Development in Bhutan – Gwendolyn Hyslop </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11. Case Studies of Orthography Decision Making in Mainland Southeast Asia – Larin Adams </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">It’s available both on Amazon and on the <a href="http://SIL.ORG">SIL.ORG</a> web site. Enjoy!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Mike Cahill</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Developing-Orthographies-Unwritten-Languages-Michael/dp/1556713479/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393602483&sr=1-1&keywords=developing+orthographies+for+unwritten+languages">http://www.amazon.com/Developing-Orthographies-Unwritten-Languages-Michael/dp/1556713479/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393602483&sr=1-1&keywords=developing+orthographies+for+unwritten+languages</a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/56046">http://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/56046</a> </p></div></body></html>