From Letter to Sound

New perspectives on writing systems

Editors

Martin Neef | University of Cologne & University of Brunswick

Beatrice Primus † | University of Cologne

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 22 March 2005

Table of Contents

Introduction: From letter to sound: New perspectives on writing systems Beatrice Primus † and Martin Neef	133–138
In search of the perfect orthography Richard L. Venezky	139–163
Word-initial entropy in five languages: Letter to sound, and sound to letter S. Borgwaldt, Frauke M. Hellwig and Annette M.B. de Groot	165–184
The apostrophe: A neglected and misunderstood reading aid Daniel Bunčić	185–204
The relation of vowel letters to phonological syllables in English and German Martin Neef	205–234
A featural analysis of the Modern Roman Alphabet Beatrice Primus †	235–274
Do symmetrical letter pairs affect readability? A cross-linguistic examination of writing systems with specific reference to the runes Alexandra Wiebelt	275–303
How to optimize orthography Richard Wiese	305–331
Contents of Volume 7	333–334

Subjects

CF: Linguistics

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General