From Letter to Sound

New perspectives on writing systems

Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 7:2 (2004)

Editors

Martin Neef | University of Cologne & University of Brunswick

Beatrice Primus † | University of Cologne

[Written Language & Literacy, 7:2] 2005. 207 pp.

Publishing status: Available

© John Benjamins Publishing Company

https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.7.2

Table of Contents

Articles

Introduction: From letter to sound. New perspectives on writing systems

Beatrice Primus & Martin Neef | pp. 133–138
In search of the perfect orthography

Richard L. Venezky | pp. 139–163
Word-initial entropy in five languages: Letter to sound, and sound to letter

Susanne R. Borgwaldt, Frauke M. Hellwig & Annette M.B. de Groot | pp. 165–184
The apostrophe: A neglected and misunderstood reading aid

Daniel Buncic | pp. 185–204
The relation of vowel letters to phonological syllables in English and German

Martin Neef | pp. 205–234
A featural analysis of the Modern Roman Alphabet

Beatrice Primus | pp. 235–274
Do symmetrical letter pairs affect readability? A cross-linguistic examination of writing systems with specific reference to the runes

Alexandra Wiebelt | pp. 275–303
How to optimize orthography

Richard Wiese | pp. 305–331

Subjects & Metadata

Linguistics

Discourse studies

Language teaching

Writing and literacy

BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General