TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anderson,Ned
AU  - Basso,Keith H.
AU  - Berry,Jack
AU  - Broeck,J.van den
AU  - DeFrancis,John
AU  - Fishman,Joshua A.
AU  - Geerts,G.
AU  - Gold,David L.
AU  - Gregersen,Edgar A.
AU  - Gundersen,Dag
AU  - Henze,Paul B.
AU  - Jaquith,James R.
AU  - Kotei,S.I.A.
AU  - Rabin,Chaim
AU  - Tauli,Valter
AU  - Venezky,Richard L.
AU  - Verdoodt,A.
AU  - Wurm,Stephen Α.
AU  - Young,Robert W.
AU  - Ó’ Murchú,Máirtin
TI  - Advances in the Creation and Revision of Writing Systems
T2  - Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ,
SN  - 9789027975522
AV  - P211 
U1  - 411 
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston : 
PB  - De Gruyter Mouton, 
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Orthography and spelling
KW  - Writing
KW  - Language and languages -- Orthography and spelling
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110807097
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110807097
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110807097/original
ER  -