Writing Systems and Phonetics
Autor Alan Cruttendenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 mar 2021
- the use of the Latin alphabet in and beyond Europe;
- writing systems of the eastern Mediterranean, Greek and its Cyrillic offshoot, Arabic and Hebrew;
- languages in south and south-east Asia, including Hindi, Tamil, Burmese and Thai, as well as in east Asia, including Chinese, Japanese and Korean;
- reflections on ancient languages such as Sumerian, Egyptian, Linear B and Mayan;
- a final chapter which sets out a typology of writing systems.
Taking a unique geographical focus that guides the reader on a journey across time and continents, this book offers an engaging introduction for students approaching for the first time the phonetics of writing systems, their typology and the origins of scripts.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780367497231
ISBN-10: 0367497239
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 98 Tables, black and white; 32 Halftones, black and white; 32 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.9 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0367497239
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 98 Tables, black and white; 32 Halftones, black and white; 32 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.9 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Undergraduate CoreCuprins
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Technical terms and symbols
Chapter 1. English spelling
Chapter 2. Latin-based alphabets in European languages
Chapter 3. Latin-based alphabets outside Europe
Chapter 4. Greek, Cyrillic and related alphabets
Chapter 5. Hebrew, Arabic and related alphabets
Chapter 6. South and south-east Asian alphabets
Chapter 7. East Asian scripts
Chapter 8. The world’s earliest writing and its decipherment
Chapter 9. More early writing and its decipherment
Chapter 10. A typology of writing systems
Bibliography
Appendix 1. International Phonetic Alphabet
Appendix 2. Some basic variables in writing systems
Appendix 3. Writing materials
Index
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Technical terms and symbols
Chapter 1. English spelling
Chapter 2. Latin-based alphabets in European languages
Chapter 3. Latin-based alphabets outside Europe
Chapter 4. Greek, Cyrillic and related alphabets
Chapter 5. Hebrew, Arabic and related alphabets
Chapter 6. South and south-east Asian alphabets
Chapter 7. East Asian scripts
Chapter 8. The world’s earliest writing and its decipherment
Chapter 9. More early writing and its decipherment
Chapter 10. A typology of writing systems
Bibliography
Appendix 1. International Phonetic Alphabet
Appendix 2. Some basic variables in writing systems
Appendix 3. Writing materials
Index
Notă biografică
Alan Cruttenden is Professor Emeritus of Phonetics, University of Manchester, and Fellow of the Phonetics Laboratory, University of Oxford.
Recenzii
Over the last decades, writing systems have become the step-child of Linguistics, even though the interaction between pronunciation and writing is an intricate and complex field that has great insights to offer. When scholars do examine writing systems, they tend to focus on their history or on western, alphabetic systems. 'Writing Systems and Phonetics', by Alan Cruttenden, one of the world's leading phoneticians, is a clear and convincing introduction to a wide variety of systems from all over the world, explaining how they work synchronically as well as how they came about historically. Professor Cruttenden's approach makes this book accessible to those who have never worked on writing systems before, but the seasoned scholar of orthographies will benefit from it just as much.
Professor Wolfgang De Melo, University of Oxford
The difference between language and script is one that is quite hard to explain to students, at least initially. This attractive book navigates the complexities in a way which is to be expected from a scholar of Professor Cruttenden’s standing. It begins by exploring English spelling in relation to historical changes in pronunciation and uses the lessons learned to explain similar problems and how they are solved in other European and beyond, engaging fully with such writing systems as those of Arabic, Chinese and even ancient Egyptian. It will be essential reading for students of Linguistics.
Professor John Healey, University of Manchester
Professor Wolfgang De Melo, University of Oxford
The difference between language and script is one that is quite hard to explain to students, at least initially. This attractive book navigates the complexities in a way which is to be expected from a scholar of Professor Cruttenden’s standing. It begins by exploring English spelling in relation to historical changes in pronunciation and uses the lessons learned to explain similar problems and how they are solved in other European and beyond, engaging fully with such writing systems as those of Arabic, Chinese and even ancient Egyptian. It will be essential reading for students of Linguistics.
Professor John Healey, University of Manchester
Descriere
Writing Systems and Phoneticsprovides students with a critical understanding of the writing systems of the world.