Advances in the Creation and Revision of Writing Systems / / ed. by Joshua A. Fishman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics - <1990
• MitwirkendeR: Anderson, Ned,; Basso, Keith H.,; Berry, Jack,; Broeck, J. van den,; DeFrancis, John,; Fishman, Joshua A.,; Geerts, G.,; Gold, David L.,; Gregersen, Edgar A.,; Gundersen, Dag,; Henze, Paul B.,; Jaquith, James R.,; Kotei, S.I.A.,; Rabin, Chaim,; Tauli, Valter,; Venezky, Richard L.,; Verdoodt, A.,; Wurm, Stephen Α.,; Young, Robert W.,; Ó’ Murchú, Máirtin,
• HerausgeberIn: Fishman, Joshua A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]; ©1977
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Reprint 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] , 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (491 p.) :; 10 Taf.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface: Advances in the Creation and Revision of Writing Systems --; Section One: Theoretical Overviews --; 1. ‘The Making of Alphabets’ Revisited --; 2. Speech and Spelling --; 3. Principles for the Design of Practical Writing Systems --; 4. The West African Autochthonous Alphabets: An Exercise in Comparative Palaeography --; Section Two: The Creation of Writing Systems --; 5. A Western Apache Writing System: The Symbols of Silas John --; 6. Ayn Plotdiytshet Obaytsay: A Practical Alphabet for Plattdeutsch in Spanish-Speaking Areas --; Section Three: The Revision of Classical Writing Systems --; 7. Language and Script Reform in China --; 8. Spelling Reform - Israel 1968 --; Section Four: The Revision of Modern Writing Systems associated with National Political Establishments --; 9. Successes and Failures in Dutch Spelling Reform --; 10. Successes and Failures in the Reformation of Norwegian Orthography --; 11. Successes and Failures in the Modernization of Irish Spelling --; Section Five: The Revision of Modern Writing Systems not associated with National Political Establishments --; 12. The Phenomenological and Linguistic Pilgrimage of Yiddish : Some Examples of Functional and Structural Pidginization and Depidginization --; 13. Successes and Failures in the Standardization and Implementation of Yiddish Spelling and Romanization --; 14. Politics and Alphabets in Inner Asia --; 15. Successes and Failures in the Modernization of Hausa Spelling --; 16. The Spelling of New Guinea Pidgin (Neo-Melanesian) --; 17. Written Navajo : A Brief History --; Addendum: A Graduate Program in the Sociology of Language --; Index of Names --; Index of Subjects --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110807097; 9783110636772
• ISSN: 1861-0676
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110807097
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Joshua A. Fishman.