BIC SubjectsWriting systems, alphabets

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Tone Orthography and Literacy: The voice of evidence in ten Niger-Congo languages

Edited by David Roberts and Stephen L. Walter

This book presents the results of a series of literacy experiments in ten Niger-Congo languages, representing four language families and spanning five countries. It asks the research question, "To what extent does full tone marking contribute to oral reading fluency, comprehension and writing… read more

[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 18] 2021. xxii, 375 pp.

Typology of Writing Systems

Edited by S. Borgwaldt and Terry Joyce

Typology research is extremely important in both proposing classification frameworks and in promoting the careful investigation and analysis of the core concepts inherent within the classification contrasts employed. More exemplary of the latter aspect, the present collection of papers on the… read more

[Benjamins Current Topics, 51] 2013. viii, 163 pp.

Runic and Mediterranean Epigraphy

Richard L. Morris

Runic and Mediterranean Epigraphy examines the past 100 years of runic scholarship to show that previous investigations on the origin of the runes have been hampered by a series of ad hoc postulates, the greatest being that the runes cannot have come into existence before the birth of Christ. If… read more

[NOWELE Supplement Series, 4] 1988. xii, 177 pp.