24.2814, Books: Typology of Writing Systems: Borgwaldt, Joyce (Eds)
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From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Typology of Writing Systems: Borgwaldt, Joyce (Eds)
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Title: Typology of Writing Systems
Series Title: Benjamins Current Topics 51
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/bct.51
Editor: Susanne R. Borgwaldt
Editor: Terry Joyce
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027271853 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 128.00
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Abstract:
Typology research is extremely important in both proposing classification
frameworks and in promoting the careful investigation and analysis of the core
concepts inherent within the classification contrasts employed. More exemplary
of the latter aspect, the present collection of papers on the typology of
writing systems address a number of significant linguistic and
psycholinguistic issues surrounding the classification of writing systems. The
seven contributions within this volume, which originally appeared as a special
issue of Written Language and Literacy 14:1 (2011), cover a wide variety of
issues, ranging from an overview of writing system typology research,
comparative graphematics, letter-shape similarities, the morphographic
principle, tone orthography typology, measuring graphematic transparency, to
unconventional spellings within online chat. Reflecting the growing interest
in writing, the book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers
working on writing systems, written language, and reading research.
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Typology
Writing Systems
Written In: English (eng)
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