Diversity in Writing Systems
Embracing multiple perspectives
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 24:2 (2021)
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[Written Language & Literacy, 24:2] 2021. v, 169 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 21 January 2022
Published online on 21 January 2022
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Table of Contents
- Diversity in writing systems: Embracing multiple perspectivesAmalia E. Gnanadesikan & Anna P. Judson | pp. 167–170
- <Th>e ubi<qu>ity of polygra<ph>y and its significan<ce> for <th>e typology of <wr>iti<ng> systemsSven Osterkamp & Gordian Schreiber | pp. 171–197
- The missing piece in the jigsaw puzzle: A psycholinguistic account of the beginnings of the Coptic alphabetVictoria Fendel | pp. 198–228
- ‘Reading’ through the body in early Egypt: Meaning as mediated and modifiedKathryn E. Piquette | pp. 229–258
- Areal script form patterns with Chinese characteristicsJames Myers | pp. 259–283
- How children learn to use a writing system: Mapping evidence from an Indic orthography to written language in children’s booksSonali Nag | pp. 284–302
- Brahmi’s children: Variation and stability in a script familyAmalia E. Gnanadesikan | pp. 303–335
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