Typology of writing systems /
This paper aims at determining the relationship between writing in chats and features from different writing systems. Although net users do not realise it, they recreate features mainly from morphographic systems and consonantal scripts and, consequently, they seem to be searching for a more economi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2013.
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Colección: | Benjamins current topics ;
v. 51. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Typology of Writing Systems; Editorial page ; Title page ; LCC data ; Table of contents; Typology of writing systems; 1. Sixth International Workshop of the Association of Written Language and Literacy (AWLL) in Braunschweig, Germany; 2. Brief review of research relating to the typology of writing systems; 3. Special issue contributions to typology of writing systems research; Notes; References; Comparative graphematics; 1. Introduction; 2. Definitions; 3. Two aspects of comparative graphematics; 3.1 Representation of long consonants; 3.2 Gemination of consonant letters.
- 3.3 Summary: Gemination of letters and consonantal length4. Concluding remarks on comparative graphematics; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; appendix 1. Abbreviations and symbols; appendix 2. Graphemic Glossing; Similarities among the shapes of writing and their effects on learning; 1. Introduction; 2. Similarity among the shapes of Latin letters; 3. Effects of similarity on learning; 4. Data; 4.1 Asymmetries in correctness and legibility of letter printing and copying; 4.2 Asymmetries in letter reversals; 4.3 Asymmetries with forms other than letters; 5. Summary of results.
- 6. ConclusionsNotes; References; The significance of the morphographic principle for the classification of writing-systems; 1. Introduction; 2. The Japanese writing system; 2.1 The formation principles of kanji; 2.2 The complexity of the Japanese writing system; 3. Treatment of kanji within linguistic classifications of writing systems and terminology issues; 3.1 Language and mediums of expression; 3.1.1 What to regard as writing?; 3.1.2 How does writing relate to language?; 3.1.3 What linguistic units are represented in pleremic writing systems?; 3.2 Pictographs and the ideographic myth.
- 3.3 Logographic versus morphographic4. Two-kanji compound words in the Japanese mental lexicon; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References; A tone orthography typology; 1. Introduction; 2. The six parameters; 2.1 First parameter: Domain; 2.2 Second parameter: Target; 2.2.1 Tones; 2.2.2 Grammar; 2.2.3 Lexicon; 2.2.4 Dual strategies; 2.3 Third parameter: Symbol; 2.3.1 Phonographic representations; 2.3.2 Semiographic representations; 2.4 Fourth parameter: Position; 2.5 Fifth parameter: Density; 2.5.1 Introduction; 2.5.2 Zero density; 2.5.3 Partial density; 2.5.4 Exhaustive density.
- 2.6 Sixth parameter: Depth2.6.1 Introduction; 2.6.2 Surface representation; 2.6.3 Deep representation; 2.6.4 Shallow (transparent) representation; 3. Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliographical references; Measuring graphematic transparency; 1. From orthographic depth to graphematic transparency; 2. Types of correspondence rules; 3. Italian; 4. Discussion; Notes; References; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Writing in Portuguese chats :); 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical background; 2.1 Writing systems; 2.2 The Portuguese writing system; 2.3 Chat discourse.