UID:
edocfu_9958353884002883
Format:
1 online resource (181p.):
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Num. figs. and tabs.
ISBN:
9783110207101
Series Statement:
Quantitative Linguistics [QL] ; 63
Content:
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.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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I. Introduction --
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Quantitative analysis of writing systems: an --
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introduction --
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II. The phoneme-grapheme relation --
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The phoneme-grapheme relationship in --
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Italian --
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Graphemic representation of English --
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phonemes --
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The phoneme-grapheme relationship in --
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Slovene --
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On the distribution of graphemic --
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representations --
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The phoneme-grapheme relation in Slovak --
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III. Special problems --
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Script ornamentality --
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On the decrease of complexity from hieroglyphs to --
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hieratic symbols --
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The fractal dimension of script: an --
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experiment --
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On graphemic representation of the Oriya --
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phonemes --
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On the relation between types and tokens of --
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Japanese morae --
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IV. Towards a theory --
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Towards a theory of script --
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Backmatter
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-019641-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110207101
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110207101
