Table of contents
Prefacev*
Use of Symbolsvi*
I. Introduction to Lepsius's ‘Standard Alphabet’ix*
Portrait of Carl Richard Lepsiusx*
Introductory1*
1.0 Carl Richard Lepsius, 1810-18842*
2.0 Universal alphabets9*
2.1 The problems of devising a universal alphabet11*
2.2 Early attempts to provide a universal alphabet12*
2.3 Devices for supplementing the roman alphabet14*
2.4 The 18th century15*
2.5 Oriental Scripts17*
2.6 The Volney prize and Schleiermacher21*
2.7 Alphabets for unwritten languages23*
2.8 Lepsius and the Alphabetical Conference of 185428*
2.9 The publication of Lepsius's Standard Alphabet32*
2.10 Phonetic scripts in Britain34*
2.11 Phonetic scripts in America: S.S. Haldeman39*
2.12 Phonetic scripts in Germany40*
2.13 Summary of the characteristics of the schemes described43*
3.0 Lepsius's Standard Alphabet48*
3.1 General principles of description49*
3.2 The vowels51*
3.3 The consonants60*
3.4 Notation70*
3.5 The description of languages in Part II74*
3.6 Lepsius's classification of languages74*
4.0 Universal Alphabets after Lepsius76*
5.0 Conclusion79*
Bibliography81*
Richard Lepsius: List of publications88*
II. Richard Lepsius: Standard Alphabet for Reducing Unwritten Languages and Foreign Graphic Systems to a Uniform Orthography in European LettersI
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Advertisement to the Second EditionXI
ContentsXV
Introduction to the Second Edition1
First Part21
Second Part85
Index of Subjects325
Index of Persons329
Index of Languages333
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