Ancient scripts and phonological knowledge [[electronic resource] /] / D. Gary Miller

• Autore: Miller D. Gary
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (155 p.)
• Disciplina: 414
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology; Inscriptions, Linear B; Cypriot syllabary; Alphabet; Language awareness
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-135) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ANCIENT SCRIPTS AND PHONOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 0. PREFACE; 1. THEORETICAL PREREQUISITES; 2. THE LINEAR B SYLLABARY; 3. THE CYPRIAN SYLLABARY; 4. THE GREEK ALPHABET; 5. THE RUNIC ALPHABET; 6. LITERACY AND LINGUISTICKNOWLEDGE; 7. IMPLICATIONS: AN IDEAL SCRIPT?; REFERENCES; GENERAL INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This study investigates the properties of several ancient syllabic and linear segmental scripts to make explicit the aspects of linguistic knowledge they attempt to represent. Some recent experimental work suggests that nonliterate speakers do not have segmental knowledge and that only syllabic knowledge is 'real' or accessible, whence the ubiquity of syllabaries. Miller disputes this by showing that such tests do not distinguish relevant types of knowledge, and that linguistic analysis of the ordering and writing conventions of early Western scripts corroborates the evidence from language acq
• Titolo autorizzato: Ancient scripts and phonological knowledge
• ISBN: 1-283-31285-9; 9786613312853; 90-272-7671-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781302003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 116.