LINGUIST List 16.1549
Sat May 14 2005
TOC: Written Language and Literacy 7/2 (2004)
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1. Paul
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Written Language and Literacy Vol. 7, No. 2 (2004)
Message 1: Written Language and Literacy Vol. 7, No. 2 (2004)
Date: 13-May-2005
From: Paul Peranteau <paul
benjamins.com>
Subject: Written Language and Literacy Vol. 7, No. 2 (2004)
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Journal Title: Written Language and Literacy
Volume Number: 7
Issue Number: 2
Issue Date: 2004
Subtitle: From Letter to Sound
Main Text:
From Letter to Sound
New perspectives on writing systems
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 7:2 (2004)
Edited by Martin Neef and Beatrice Primus
University of Cologne & University of Brunswick / University of Cologne
Written Language & Literacy 7:2
Table of contents
Introduction: From letter to sound: New perspectives on writing systems
Beatrice Primus and Martin Neef 133–138
In search of the perfect orthography
Richard L. Venezky 139–163
Word-initial entropy in five languages: Letter to sound, and sound to letter
Susanne R. Borgwaldt, Frauke M. Hellwig and Annette M.B. de Groot 165–184
The apostrophe: A neglected and misunderstood reading aid
Daniel Buncic 185–204
The relation of vowel letters to phonological syllables in English and German
Martin Neef 205–234
A featural analysis of the Modern Roman Alphabet
Beatrice Primus 235–274
Do symmetrical letter pairs affect readability? A cross-linguistic examination
of writing systems with specific reference to the runes
Alexandra Wiebelt 275–303
How to optimize orthography
Richard Wiese 305–331
Contents of Volume 7 333–334
Linguistic Field(s):
Ling & Literature
Phonology
Writing Systems
Applied Linguistics
Typology
Subject Language(s): English (ENG)
German, Standard (GER)