Analyses of Script: Properties of Characters and Writing Systems

Altmann, Gabriel (Editor)/ Lippke, Monika (Editor)

ISBN 10: 3110196417 / ISBN 13: 9783110196412

Published by Mouton De Gruyter, 2008

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1st edition. 173 pages. German language. 9.50x6.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Analyses of Script: Properties of Characters and Writing Systems
• Publisher: Mouton De Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110196417
• ISBN 13: 9783110196412
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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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.