Analyses of Script: Properties of Characters and Writing Systems

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2008

Analyses of Script

Properties of Characters and Writing Systems

Edited by: Gabriel Altmann and Fan Fengxiang

Volume 63 in the series Quantitative Linguistics [QL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110207101

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Contents

About this book

This volume presents 12 papers on a new approach to the analysis of writing systems. For the first time, quantitative methods are introduced into this area of research in a systematic way. The individual contributions give an overview about quantitative properties of symbols and of writing systems, introduce methods of analysis, study individual writing systems as used for different languages, set up an explanatory model of phenomena connected to script development/evolution, and give a perspective to a general theory of writing systems.

Author / Editor information

Gabriel Altmann, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany; Fan Fengxiang, Dalian Maritime University, China.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
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I. Introduction
Quantitative analysis of writing systems: an introduction Reinhard Köhler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
II. The phoneme-grapheme relation
The phoneme-grapheme relationship in Italian Gerald Bernhard and Gabriel Altmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Graphemic representation of English phonemes Fan Fengxiang and Gabriel Altmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
The phoneme-grapheme relationship in Slovene Emmerich Kelih Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
On the distribution of graphemic representations Ján Mačutek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
The phoneme-grapheme relation in Slovak Emília Nemcová and Gabriel Altmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
III. Special problems
Script ornamentality Karl-Heinz Best and Gabriel Altmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
On the decrease of complexity from hieroglyphs to hieratic symbols Ina Hegenbarth-Reichardt and Gabriel Altmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
The fractal dimension of script: an experiment Reinhard Köhler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
On graphemic representation of the Oriya phonemes Panchanan Mohanty and Gabriel Altmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
On the relation between types and tokens of Japanese morae Katsuo Tamaoka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
IV. Towards a theory
Towards a theory of script Gabriel Altmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Researchers and Students in the areas Linguistics, Psychology, Philology
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 173
Illustrations
- Other: Num. figs. and tabs.
Keywords: writing systems; corpus linguistics

eBook

Published: August 27, 2008
ISBN: 9783110207101

Hardcover

Published: April 15, 2008
ISBN: 9783110196412