Analyses of Script: Properties of Characters and Writing SystemsGabriel Altmann, Fan Fengxiang, Fengxiang Fan Mouton de Gruyter, 2008 - 173 էջ This volume presents 12 papers on a new approach to the analysis of writing systems. For the first time, quantitative methods are introduced into this area of research in a systematic way. The individual contributions give an overview about quantitative properties of symbols and of writing systems, introduce methods of analysis, study individual writing systems as used for different languages, set up an explanatory model of phenomena connected to script development/evolution, and give a perspective to a general theory of writing systems. |
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an introduction | 3 |
Graphemic representation of English phonemes | 25 |
The phonemegrapheme relationship in Slovene | 61 |
Հեղինակային իրավունք | |
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Analyses of Script: Properties of Characters and Writing Systems Gabriel Altmann,Fan Fengxiang Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2008 |
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Abusir Altmann analysis Bernhard & Altmann Bézier curves capacity dimension computed consider continued from previous correlation dimension curve diacritical different graphemes distinctivity distribution of graphemic English entropy Figure fractal dimension front of voiced front of voiceless Gabriel Altmann geometric distribution Glottometrics grapheme representing Graphemes Frequency Examples graphemic load graphemic representations graphical H₁ Hence hieratic hieratic script hieroglyphs hypothesis individual inventory Italian Köhler L-inventory Latin alphabet Latin letters Latin script Letter utility load of letters log₂ mean grapheme measure method negative hypergeometric distribution nemes number of graphemes number of phonemes obtain Oriya script ornamentality orthographic uncertainty participation of letters phemes Phoneme Graphemes Frequency phoneme-grapheme relation possible properties Quantitative Linguistics Reinhard signs simplification Slavic languages Slovak Slovene Swedish symbols synergetic Table 9 continued unvoiced consonants values variable variants vowel weight yielding