Miriam Balestra
List of John Benjamins publications for which Miriam Balestra plays a role.
Articles
2015 Orthographic constraints on the spelling of German a-sounds Written Language & Literacy 18:1, pp. 153–174 | Article
In the framework of the Modular Writing System Theory (Neef 2005a), two levels of representation are distinguished that are relevant for the analysis of phonographic writing systems. These levels are called graphematics and systematic orthography, respectively. In this text, we focus on the latter… read more
2013 Measuring graphematic transparency: German and Italian compared Typology of Writing Systems, Borgwaldt, S. and Terry Joyce (eds.), pp. 113–146 | Article
In this article, a quantitative method to calculate the graphematic transparency of an alphabetic writing system is suggested. Graphematic transparency is a part of the traditional concept of orthographic depth, dealing with the direction from written representation to phonological representation… read more
2011 Measuring graphematic transparency: German and Italian compared Typology of writing systems, Borgwaldt, S. and Terry Joyce (eds.), pp. 109–142 | Article
In this article, a quantitative method to calculate the graphematic transparency of an alphabetic writing system is suggested. Graphematic transparency is a part of the traditional concept of orthographic depth, dealing with the direction from written representation to phonological representation… read more