Analyses of script :: properties of characters and writing systems /

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,...

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Other Authors: Altmann, Gabriel, Fan, Fengxiang, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2008.
Series:Quantitative linguistics ; v. 63.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 173 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783110207101
3110207109
128219674X
9781282196742
9786612196744
6612196742

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