Advances in the Creation and Revision of Writing Systems / / Joshua A. Fishman
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| Titolo: |
Advances in the Creation and Revision of Writing Systems / / Joshua A. Fishman
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| Pubblicazione: | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015] |
| ©1977 | |
| Edizione: | Reprint 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (536 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 411 |
| Soggetto topico: | Writing |
| Language and languages - Orthography and spelling | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | FishmanJoshua A. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Advances in the creation and revision of writing systems |
| ISBN: | 3-11-080709-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910163100703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Contributions to the sociology of language ; ; 8.