Tone orthography and literacy : the voice of evidence in ten Niger-Congo languages /
"This book presents the results of a series of literacy experiments in ten Niger-Congo languages, representing four language families and spanning five countries. It tests the hypothesis, "To what extent does full tone marking contribute to oral reading fluency, comprehension and writing a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2021]
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Colección: | Studies in written language and literacy,
volume 18 |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements
- About the authors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Background and aims
- Experimental orthography research in Africa
- Linguistic context
- Literacy context
- Social context
- Researcher's objectives
- The ten focal languages
- Location and genealogical affiliation
- Language vitality
- Previous research
- Orthographies
- Pedagogical materials
- Literacy primers
- Transition guides
- Definitions
- Outline of the book
- Transcription conventions.