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In:The Linguistics of Literacy
Edited by Pamela A. Downing, Susan D. Lima and Michael Noonan
[Typological Studies in Language 21] 1992
► pp. v–vi

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Published online: 1 July 1992
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Table of contents

Contributorsvii
Introductionix
I. Written Language and poken Language Compared1
Variation in the intonation and punctuation of different adverbial clause types in spoken and written English3
Information flow in speaking and writing17
How is conversation like literary discourse? The role of imagery and details in creating involvement31
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Modern American poetry and modern American speech47
II. Orthographic systems69
Segmentalism in linguisitics: The alphabetic basis of phonological theory71
The syllabic origin of writing and the segmental origin of the alphabet83
Phonemic segmentation as ephiphenomenon: Evidence from the history of alphabetic writing111
Aspiration and Cherokee orthographies135
Interpreting Emai orthograpgic strategies153
Linguistic aspects of musical and mathematical notation169
III. The Psychology of Orthography191
Orthographic aspects of linguistic competence193
The costs and benefits of phonological analysis211
Morphological relationship revealed through the repetition priming task239
Orthography and phonology: The psychological reality of orthographic depth255
A model of lexical storage: Evidence from second language learners’ orthographic errors275
IV. Consequences of literacy291
Writing is a technology that restructures thought293
Language Index321
Author Index323
Subject Index331
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