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Date: 13-May-2005
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Written Language and Literacy Vol. 7, No. 2 (2004)

	
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Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 22:50:22
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Written Language and Literacy Vol. 7, No. 2 (2004)



Publisher:	John Benjamins
			http://www.benjamins.com/ 			
			
Journal Title:  Written Language and Literacy
Volume Number:  7
Issue Number:  2
Issue Date:  2004


Subtitle:  From Letter to Sound


Main Text:

>From Letter to Sound
New perspectives on writing systems

Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 7:2 (2004)

Edited by Martin Neef and Beatrice Primus
University of Cologne & University of Brunswick / University of Cologne

Written Language & Literacy 7:2

Table of contents

Introduction: From letter to sound: New perspectives on writing systems
Beatrice Primus and Martin Neef 133-138

In search of the perfect orthography
Richard L. Venezky 139-163

Word-initial entropy in five languages: Letter to sound, and sound to letter
Susanne R. Borgwaldt, Frauke M. Hellwig and Annette M.B. de Groot 165-184

The apostrophe: A neglected and misunderstood reading aid
Daniel Buncic 185-204

The relation of vowel letters to phonological syllables in English and German
Martin Neef 205-234

A featural analysis of the Modern Roman Alphabet
Beatrice Primus 235-274

Do symmetrical letter pairs affect readability? A cross-linguistic examination
of writing systems with specific reference to the runes
Alexandra Wiebelt 275-303

How to optimize orthography
Richard Wiese 305-331

Contents of Volume 7  333-334



Linguistic Field(s): Ling & Literature
                     Phonology
                     Writing Systems
                     Applied Linguistics
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): English (ENG)
                     German, Standard (GER)




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