Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Writing systems and linguistic analysis
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| Author: | Benedetta Bassetti | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
General Linguistics
Linguistic Theories Writing Systems |
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| Query: |
Dear Linguists,
I am a PhD student trying to complete her literature review, and I would be extremely grateful for your help. I am trying to put together a list of researchers who proposed that the writing system/orthography affects 1) the metalinguistic awareness of the folk linguist; or 2) the linguistic analysis of the professional linguist; or 3) both. The idea is that those linguistic units that are represented in the writing system become the units of linguistic analysis for the layperson and/or for the linguist. For instance, an alphabetic writing system generates phonemic awareness in its readers and the concept of phoneme in linguist theorizing. These never develop in readers of syllabic writing systems and in their linguistic tradition. I am already aware of the work of Aronoff, Bugarski, Derwing, Harris, Householder, Linell, Olson, Scholes and Vachek. And here are my questions: 1) Whom did I leave out? 2) Who criticized this view? 3) Who provided evidence against it? I thank you in advance for any help and I promise I will post a summary. Best wishes of a happy new year! Benedetta Bassetti - ---------------------- Benedetta Bassetti PhD student University of Essex, UK benedetta@onetel.net.uk bbasse@essex.ac.uk |
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| LL Issue: | 14.92 | |
| Date posted: | 10-Jan-2003 | |
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