On the Systematic Nature of Writing Systems
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 26:1 (2023)
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[Written Language & Literacy, 26:1] 2023. v, 153 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 25 April 2024
Published online on 25 April 2024
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Table of Contents
- On the systematic nature of writing systemsDavid Mora-Marín & Lynne Cahill | pp. 1–4
- A proposal for a formalized, expandable approach to the taxonomy of writing systemsSven Osterkamp & Gordian Schreiber | pp. 5–29
- More matters of typology: Alphasyllabaries, abugidas and related vowelled segmentariesArvind Iyengar | pp. 30–56
- Chaos or system? Reassessing the unique case of the Japanese writing systemTerry Joyce & Hisashi Masuda | pp. 57–75
- Koineization and the Pamphylian alphabet: Instability and compromiseEleonora Selvi | pp. 76–95
- Latin < XS >: Seeing doubleRosso Manuel Senesi | pp. 96–130
- The standardisation of spelling in Middle English: The case of saidLynne Cahill | pp. 131–153
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