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TOC: Written Language & Literacy 14/1 (2011)
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Message 1: Written Language & Literacy Vol. 14, No. 1 (2011)
Date: 22-Feb-2011
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Written Language & Literacy Vol. 14, No. 1 (2011)
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Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Journal Title: Written Language and Literacy Volume Number: 14 Issue Number: 1 Issue Date: 2011
Subtitle: Typology of writing systems
Main Text:
Typology of writing systemsSpecial issue of Written Language & Literacy 14:1 (2011)Edited by Susanne R. Borgwaldt and Terry JoyceTU Braunschweig, Germany / Tama University, Japan
Written Language & Literacy 14:1
2011. v, 159 pp.Table of contents
Typology of writing systems: Special issue introductionTerry Joyce and Susanne R. Borgwaldt 1–11
Comparative graphematicsRüdiger Weingarten 12–38
Similarities among the shapes of writing and their effects on learningRebecca Treiman and Brett Kessler 39–57
The significance of the morphographic principle for the classification ofwriting systemsTerry Joyce 58–81
A tone orthography typologyDavid Roberts 82–108
Measuring graphematic transparency: German and Italian comparedMartin Neef and Miriam Balestra 109–142
Writing in Portuguese chats :): A new wrtng systm?Cláudia Silva 143–156
Book review
John Baines, John Bennet, and Stephen Houston (eds.). The disappearance ofwriting systems: perspectives on literacy and communication. London: Equinox,2008. Pp xviii, 378Reviewed by Martin Neef 157–159
Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics Text/Corpus Linguistics Typology Writing Systems Applied Linguistics Ling & Literature
Subject Language(s): German, Standard (deu) Italian (ita) Japanese (jpn) Portuguese (por)
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