Writing in Focus

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Writing in Focus

Edited by: Florian Coulmas and Konrad Ehlich

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1983

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Volume 24 | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

Topics

Linguistics and Semiotics Applied Linguistics Quantitative, Computational, and Corpus Linguistics
Linguistics and Semiotics Levels of Linguistic Analysis Pragmatics
Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Linguistics, other

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I-VIII
I

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Introduction
1
FLORIAN COULMAS and KONRAD EHLICH

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Part One. Linguistic aspects of writing
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Determining the level of a script
15
WILLIAM HAAS

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Writing systems and written language
31
OTTO LUDWIG

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Double articulation in writing
45
ELMAR HOLENSTEIN

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Writing system and morphology. Some orthographic regularities of German
63
PETER EISENBERG

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Part Two. Historical aspects of writing
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Literacy and achivement in the Ancient World
83
JACK GOODY

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Development of writing as social problem solving
99
KONRAD EHLICH

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Decipherment of forgotten writing systems: Two different approaches
131
STANISLAV SEGERT

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Reconstructing the phonology of dead languages
157
GERNOT WILHELM

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Autochthonous American writing systems: The Aztec and Maya examples
167
HANNS J. PREM and BERTHOLD RIESE

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Le développment d’un alphabet national dans une communauté multilingue
187
TOUSSAINT TCHITCHI and MARC LAURENT HAZOUMÉ

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Adult literacy in a context of cultural revolution: Structural parallels of the literacy process in sixteenth-century Germany and present-day Bénin
209
MICHAEL GIESECKE and GEORG ELWERT

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Tradition and innovation in alphabet making
227
WERNER WINTER

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Writing and literacy in China
239
FLORIAN COULMAS

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Part Three. Psychological aspects of writing
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The development of writing: Communication and cognition
257
MARGARET MARTLEW

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The development of literacy: A complex psychological problem
277
EMILIA FERREIRO

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Literacy and the comprehension and expression of literal meaning
291
DAVID R. OLSON and ANGELA HILDYARD

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Teaching written language as a first language to a deaf boy
327
DANNY D. STEINBERG and HELEN HARPER

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The role of meaning and linearity in reading
355
HARTMUT GÜNTHER

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Polarization of reading performance
371
PAUL Α. KOLERS

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Index of subjects
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Index of names
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eBook published on:

July 22, 2011

eBook ISBN:

9783110822830

Hardcover published on:

February 1, 1984

Hardcover ISBN:

9789027933591

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Reprint 2011

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Front matter:

6

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405

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110822830

eBook ISBN: 9783110822830

Hardcover ISBN: 9789027933591

Keywords for this book

Schrift; Sprache

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Writing in Focus

Overview

Topics

Table of contents

I-VIII

Introduction

Determining the level of a script

Writing systems and written language

Double articulation in writing

Writing system and morphology. Some orthographic regularities of German

Literacy and achivement in the Ancient World

Development of writing as social problem solving

Decipherment of forgotten writing systems: Two different approaches

Reconstructing the phonology of dead languages

Autochthonous American writing systems: The Aztec and Maya examples

Le développment d’un alphabet national dans une communauté multilingue

Adult literacy in a context of cultural revolution: Structural parallels of the literacy process in sixteenth-century Germany and present-day Bénin

Tradition and innovation in alphabet making

Writing and literacy in China

The development of writing: Communication and cognition

The development of literacy: A complex psychological problem

Literacy and the comprehension and expression of literal meaning

Teaching written language as a first language to a deaf boy

The role of meaning and linearity in reading

Polarization of reading performance

Index of subjects

Index of names

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