Analyses of Script Properties of Characters and Writing Systems

Altmann, Gabriel und Fan Fengxiang:

ISBN 10: 3110196417 / ISBN 13: 9783110196412

Published by de Gruyter Mouton 15.04.2008., 2008

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173 S. Wie neu. Innen sehr sauberes Ex.; Hardcover --- 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. 9783110196412 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Analyses of Script Properties of Characters and Writing Systems
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton 15.04.2008.
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110196417
• ISBN 13: 9783110196412
• Binding: Gr.-8° (22,5-25 cm), Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Gabriel Altmann, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany; Fan Fengxiang, Dalian Maritime University, China.