Writing systems : an introduction to their linguistic analysis /

Main Author: Coulmas, Florian.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Series:Cambridge textbooks in linguistics
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. What is writing?
  • 2. The basic options: meaning and sound
  • 3. Signs of words
  • 4. Signs of syllables
  • 5. Signs of segments
  • 6. Consonants and vowels
  • 7. Vowel incorporation
  • 8. Analysis and interpretation
  • 9. Mixed systems
  • 10. History of writing
  • 11. Psycholinguistics of writing
  • 12. Sociolinguistics of writing
  • App. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 1.