31.3465, Books: The Nature of Writing: Meletis

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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 23:05:29
From: Yannis Haralambous [yannis at fluxus-editions.fr]
Subject: The Nature of Writing: Meletis

 


Title: The Nature of Writing 
Subtitle: A Theory of Grapholinguistics 
Series Title: Grapholinguistics and Its Applications, vol. 3  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Fluxus Editions
	   http://www.fluxus-editions.fr/
	

Book URL: http://www.fluxus-editions.fr/gla3.php 


Author: Dimitrios Meletis

Electronic: ISBN:  9782957054923 Pages: 472 Price: ----   Comment: freely distributed
Paperback: ISBN:  9782957054930 Pages: 472 Price: Europe EURO 22


Abstract:

Writing is an eclectic phenomenon whose many facets are studied by the young
interdisciplinary field of grapholinguistics. Linguistically, writing is a
system of graphic marks that relate to language. Under the lens of processing,
it is a method of producing and perceiving utterances with our hands, eyes,
and brains. And from a communication theoretical and sociolinguistic
perspective, it is an utterly personal medium that allows users not only to
convey messages to others but also to associate themselves with cultures or
ideologies. These perspectives must merge to become the foundation of a
functional theory of grapholinguistics that aims not only to describe how
writing systems are built but to explain why they are built that way. Starting
with a unified framework that allows the description of all types of writing
systems with comparative concepts (such as grapheme) and moving towards the
incorporation of evidence from disciplines such as psycholinguistics and
sociolinguistics to arrive at explanations, this book establishes the
cornerstones of such a functional theory of writing. The Nature of Writing is
a collection of ideas about writing, a status report about relevant research,
a discovery of desiderata, and a new perspective. It is a start, but most
importantly, it is an invitation.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Writing Systems


Written In: English  (eng)

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