Advances in the Creation and Revision of Writing Systems

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Advances in the Creation and Revision of Writing Systems

Edited by: Joshua A. Fishman

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1977

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Volume 8 | Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines General Linguistics
Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Sociolinguistics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface: Advances in the Creation and Revision of Writing Systems Joshua A. Fishman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	XI
Section One: Theoretical Overviews
1. ‘The Making of Alphabets’ Revisited Jack Berry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
2. Speech and Spelling Valter Tauli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	17
3. Principles for the Design of Practical Writing Systems Richard L. Venezky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	37
4. The West African Autochthonous Alphabets: An Exercise in Comparative Palaeography S.I.A. Kotei Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
Section Two: The Creation of Writing Systems
5. A Western Apache Writing System: The Symbols of Silas John Keith H. Basso and Ned Anderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
6. Ayn Plotdiytshet Obaytsay: A Practical Alphabet for Plattdeutsch in Spanish-Speaking Areas James R. Jaquith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	105
Section Three: The Revision of Classical Writing Systems
7. Language and Script Reform in China John DeFrancis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	121
8. Spelling Reform - Israel 1968 Chaim Rabin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
Section Four: The Revision of Modern Writing Systems associated with National Political Establishments
9. Successes and Failures in Dutch Spelling Reform G. Geerts, J. van den Broeck and A. Verdoodt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	179
10. Successes and Failures in the Reformation of Norwegian Orthography Dag Gundersen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	247
11. Successes and Failures in the Modernization of Irish Spelling Máirtin Ó’ Murchú Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
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 Joshua A. Fishman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	293
13. Successes and Failures in the Standardization and Implementation of Yiddish Spelling and Romanization David L. Gold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	307
14. Politics and Alphabets in Inner Asia Paul B. Henze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	371
15. Successes and Failures in the Modernization of Hausa Spelling Edgar A. Gregersen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	421
16. The Spelling of New Guinea Pidgin (Neo-Melanesian) Stephen Α. Wurm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	441
17. Written Navajo : A Brief History Robert W. Young Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	459
Addendum: A Graduate Program in the Sociology of Language Joshua A. Fishman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	471
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	475
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	483
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	505

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eBook published on:

September 25, 2015

eBook ISBN:

9783110807097

Hardcover published on:

January 1, 1977

Hardcover ISBN:

9789027975522

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Reprint 2015

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Front matter:

28

Main content:

491

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10 Taf.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110807097

eBook ISBN: 9783110807097

Hardcover ISBN: 9789027975522

Keywords for this book

Writing; Language and languages -- Orthography and spelling

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