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UNINA9910454085803321 |
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Titolo |
Analyses of script [[electronic resource] ] : properties of characters and writing systems / / edited by Gabriel Altmann, Fan Fengxiang |
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Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2008 |
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1-282-19674-X |
9786612196744 |
3-11-020710-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (184 p.) |
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Collana |
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Quantitative linguistics, , 0179-3616 ; ; 63 |
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AltmannGabriel |
FanFengxiang <1950-> |
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Writing - Mathematical models |
Mathematical linguistics |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- Quantitative analysis of writing systems: an introduction -- II. The phoneme-grapheme relation -- The phoneme-grapheme relationship in Italian -- Graphemic representation of English phonemes -- The phoneme-grapheme relationship in Slovene -- On the distribution of graphemic representations -- The phoneme-grapheme relation in Slovak -- III. Special problems -- Script ornamentality -- On the decrease of complexity from hieroglyphs to hieratic symbols -- The fractal dimension of script: an experiment -- On graphemic representation of the Oriya phonemes -- On the relation between types and tokens of Japanese morae -- IV. Towards a theory -- Towards a theory of script -- Backmatter |
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This volume presents 12 papers on a new approach to the analysis of writing systems. For the first time, quantitative methods are introduced into this area of research in a systematic way. The individual contributions give an overview about quantitative properties of symbols and of writing systems, introduce methods of analysis, study individual writing systems as used for different languages, set up an explanatory |
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model of phenomena connected to script development/evolution, and give a perspective to a general theory of writing systems. |
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UNINA9910789855203321 |
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Mumford Stephen |
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David Armstrong / / Stephen Mumford |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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1-317-49324-9 |
1-315-71187-7 |
1-317-49325-7 |
1-84465-300-5 |
9786612534515 |
1-282-53451-3 |
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1 online resource (x, 206 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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First published in 2007 by Acumen. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index. |
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Naturalism -- Universals -- Laws of nature -- Possibility -- Dispositions -- States of affairs -- Sensations and perceptions -- Metaphysics of mind -- Knowledge and belief -- Truthmaking -- Necessity. |
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David (D. M.) Armstrong is one of Australias greatest philosophers. His chief philosophical achievement has been the development of a core metaphysical programme, embracing the topics of universals, laws, modality and facts: a naturalistic metaphysics, consistent with a scientific view of the natural world. In this book Stephen Mumford offers an introduction to the full range of Armstrongs thought. Beginning with a discussion of Armstongs naturalism, his most general commitment, and his realism about universals, Mumford then examines Armstrong's theories of laws, modality and dispositions, which make up the basics of his core theory. With this in place, Mumford explores his ideas on perception, mind and belief before |
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returning to metaphysics in the final chapters, looking at truth and the new view of instantiation. The book is a dispassionate, fair and unbiased account of Armstrongs thought. Although Armstongs is a body of work that Mumford regards highly and of real significance, he nevertheless highlights areas of weakness and issues about which there is room for further debate. |
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