33.3691, Books: Introducing Historical Orthography: Condorelli

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Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:36:11
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: Introducing Historical Orthography: Condorelli

 


Title: Introducing Historical Orthography 
Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/historical-linguistics/introducing-historical-orthography?format=PB 


Author: Marco Condorelli

Hardback: ISBN:  9781009100731 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 105.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781009100731 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 79.99
Hardback: ISBN:  9781009100731 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 93.36
Paperback: ISBN:  9781009114172 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 34.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781009114172 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 26.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781009114172 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 31.50


Abstract:

Historical orthography – the study of how writing systems have changed over
time – is a rapidly growing area of historical linguistics. This book provides
the first comprehensive introduction to this exciting focus of research.
Written in an engaging and accessible way, it surveys the purposes and methods
of this field, and how it has developed as a discipline over time. The volume
also discusses the various levels of analysis that historical orthography can
carry out, as well as key historical orthographic processes, such as
standardization and language change. It covers a range of non-western and
western languages, including English, in order to discuss the breadth of
typological issues that can arise in the documentation of writing systems. The
book also establishes links between orthography and  a range of other related
disciplines, a quality which makes it an essential resource for advanced
students of orthography and writing systems, and historical linguistics.
 



1. Introduction; Part I. Origins and Sources: 2. A short history of writing;
3. Witnesses to historical writing; Part II. Elements of Orthography: 4.
Orthographic components; 5. Structure and presentation; Part III. Analysing
Orthography: 6. Investigative approaches; 7. Representation and
interpretation; Part IV. Understanding Orthography: 8. Orthography and
standardisation; 9. Orthography and language change; 10. Conclusion.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Language Documentation


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=165253




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