03825nam 22005415 450 991016310070332120190906095518.03-11-080709-210.1515/9783110807097(CKB)3360000000513523(SSID)ssj0001588965(PQKBManifestationID)16275690(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001588965(PQKBWorkID)14872216(PQKB)11492078(MiAaPQ)EBC4793812(DE-B1597)42668(OCoLC)979603446(DE-B1597)9783110807097(EXLCZ)99336000000051352320190906d2015 fg engurcnu||||||||txtccrAdvances in the Creation and Revision of Writing Systems /Joshua A. FishmanReprint 2015Berlin ;Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]©19771 online resource (536 pages)Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ;8Includes index.90-279-7552-3 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 -- BackmatterContributions to the sociology of language ;8.WritingLanguage and languagesOrthography and spellingWriting.Language and languagesOrthography and spelling.411Fishman Joshua A., DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910163100703321Advances in the creation and revision of writing systems479489UNINA