Analyses of Script: Properties of Characters and Writing Systems (Quantitative Linguistics) (Quantitative Linguistics [QL])

Altmann, Gabriel (editor); Fengxiang, Fan (editor)

ISBN 10: 3110196417 / ISBN 13: 9783110196412

Published by Mouton de Gruyter, 2008

About this Item

Mouton de Grouyter, 2008. Hardback, no dustjacket. Very light wear, almost like new.

Seller Inventory # 13617128

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Analyses of Script: Properties of Characters and Writing Systems (Quantitative Linguistics) (Quantitative Linguistics [QL])
• Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110196417
• ISBN 13: 9783110196412
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Linguistics

About this title

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.