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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458037503321

Autore

Lepsius Richard <1810-1884.>

Titolo

Standard alphabet for reducing unwritten languages and foreign graphic systems to a uniform orthography in European letters [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Lepsius

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : J. Benjamins, 1981

ISBN

1-280-87950-5

9786613720818

90-272-8096-7

Edizione

[2nd, rev. ed. (London, 1863) /]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in theory and history of linguistic science. Series 1, Amsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925, , 03040712 ; ; v. 5

Disciplina

411

Soggetti

Transliteration

Phonetic alphabet

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

STANDARD ALPHABET FOR REDUCING UNWRITTEN LANGUAGES AND FOREIGN GRAPHIC SYSTEMS TO A UNIFORM ORTHOGRAPHY IN EUROPEAN LETTERS; Edotirial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; USE OF SYMBOLS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; I. INTRODUCTION TO LEPSUS'S 'STANDARD ALPHABET'; II. STANDARD ALPHABET FOR REDUCING UNWRITTEN LANGUAGES AND FOREIGN GRAPHIC SYSTEMS TO A UNIFORM ORTHOGRAPHY IN EUROPEAN LETTERS; ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION.; ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Introduction to the Second Edition.; FIRST PART. HISTORICAL AND SYSTEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT.

SECOND PART. COLLECTION OF ALPHABETS REDUCED TO THE STANDARD ALPHABET.GENERAL TABLE OF LANGUAGES.; POSTSCRIPT.; STANDARD ALPHABET, SECOND EDITION 1863.; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; INDEX OF PERSONS; INDEX OF LANGUAGES

Sommario/riassunto

This new edition of Carl Richard Lepsius's Standard Alphabet reproduces the text of the second, enlarged, edition of 1863. The extensive Introduction by J. Alan Kemp places it in its historical setting



and provides comments on the phonetic basis for the Alphabet and the notation.