Diversity in Writing Systems: Embracing multiple perspectives
Edited by Amalia E. Gnanadesikan and Anna P. Judson
Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 24:2 (2021) v, 169 pp.
Amalia E. Gnanadesikan
List of John Benjamins publications for which Amalia E. Gnanadesikan plays a role.
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Subjects Discourse studies | Language teaching | Writing and literacy
Articles
2023 Segments and syllables in Hangeul and Thaana: A comparison and optimality theoretic analysis Written Language & Literacy 26:2, pp. 238–265 | Article
This paper compares the little-known writing system Thaana, used for the Maldivian language, with Hangeul, used for Korean. Both were intentional inventions by native speakers in early modern times, and both contain some unique features. Both are segmental in their representation while also… read more
2021 Brahmi’s children: Variation and stability in a script family Diversity in Writing Systems: Embracing multiple perspectives, Gnanadesikan, Amalia E. and Anna P. Judson (eds.), pp. 303–335 | Article
A survey of modern descendants of Brahmi shows that the letter forms and various other features of the scripts vary, but the use of an inherent vowel and of dependent, satellite signs for other vowels is remarkably stable. Comparison is made to other scripts invented in the same geographic… read more
2021 Diversity in writing systems: Embracing multiple perspectives Diversity in Writing Systems: Embracing multiple perspectives, Gnanadesikan, Amalia E. and Anna P. Judson (eds.), pp. 167–170 | Introduction