| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910163100703321 |
|
|
Titolo |
Advances in the Creation and Revision of Writing Systems / / Joshua A. Fishman |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015] |
|
©1977 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edizione |
[Reprint 2015] |
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (536 pages) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; ; 8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Writing |
Language and languages - Orthography and spelling |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: Advances in the Creation and Revision of Writing Systems / Fishman, Joshua A. -- Section One: Theoretical Overviews -- 1. 'The Making of Alphabets' Revisited / Berry, Jack -- 2. Speech and Spelling / Tauli, Valter -- 3. Principles for the Design of Practical Writing Systems / Venezky, Richard L. -- 4. The West African Autochthonous Alphabets: An Exercise in Comparative Palaeography / Kotei, S.I.A. -- Section Two: The Creation of Writing Systems -- 5. A Western Apache Writing System: The Symbols of Silas John / Basso, Keith H. / Anderson, Ned -- 6. Ayn Plotdiytshet Obaytsay: A Practical Alphabet for Plattdeutsch in Spanish-Speaking Areas / Jaquith, James R. -- Section Three: The Revision of Classical Writing Systems -- 7. Language and Script Reform in China / DeFrancis, John -- 8. Spelling Reform - Israel 1968 / Rabin, Chaim -- Section Four: The Revision of Modern Writing Systems associated with National Political Establishments -- 9. Successes and Failures in Dutch Spelling Reform / Geerts, G. / Broeck, J. van den / Verdoodt, A. -- 10. Successes and Failures in the Reformation of Norwegian Orthography / Gundersen, Dag -- 11. Successes and Failures in the Modernization of Irish Spelling / Ó' Murchú, Máirtin -- Section Five: The Revision of Modern Writing Systems not associated with National Political Establishments -- 12. The Phenomenological and Linguistic Pilgrimage of Yiddish : Some Examples of Functional and Structural Pidginization and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depidginization / Fishman, Joshua A. -- 13. Successes and Failures in the Standardization and Implementation of Yiddish Spelling and Romanization / Gold, David L. -- 14. Politics and Alphabets in Inner Asia / Henze, Paul B. -- 15. Successes and Failures in the Modernization of Hausa Spelling / Gregersen, Edgar A. -- 16. The Spelling of New Guinea Pidgin (Neo-Melanesian) / Wurm, Stephen Α. -- 17. Written Navajo : A Brief History / Young, Robert W. -- Addendum: A Graduate Program in the Sociology of Language / Fishman, Joshua A. -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects -- Backmatter |
|
|
|
|
|
| |