Developing orthographies for unwritten languages
By: edited by Michael Cahill and Keren Rice
Series: Publications in language use and education -- 6; Publications in language use and education -- publication 6.
Publisher: SIL International
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Dallas, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781556713477
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Language and languages; Orthography and spelling; Sociolinguistics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Non-linguistic factors in orthographies; title: Orthography and phonological depth; title: Orthography and tone : a tone-system typology with implications for orthography development; title: Basic principles for establishing word boundaries; title: Standardization : what's the hurry?; title: Orthography wars; title: Breaking rules for orthography development; title: A Yanesha' alphabet for the electronic age; title: Kurtöp orthography development in Bhutan; title: Case studies of orthography decision making in mainland Southeast Asia.