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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Roberts, David, 1959- (Editor ), Walter, Stephen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2021]
Colección:Studies in written language and literacy, volume 18
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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.