Writing systems and their use : an overview of grapholinguistics /

Grapholinguistics, the multifaceted study of writing systems, is growing increasingly popular, yet to date no coherent account covering and connecting its major branches exists. This book now gives an overview of the core theoretical and empirical questions of this field. A treatment of the structur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Meletis, Dimitrios (Author), Dürscheid, Christa (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2022]
Series:	Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 369.
Subjects:	Writing. Linguistics. Écriture. Linguistique. writing (processes) linguistics. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General. Linguistics Writing Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction.
2. Language, speech, and writing
3. Graphetics
4. Graphematics
5. Orthography
6. Writing system typology
7. Conclusion and outlook.