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The Arabic Writing System  

Peter Daniels

Print publication date:
Sep 2013
Online publication date:
Dec 2013
Subject:
Linguistics, Writing Systems, Languages by Region
This article discusses the Arabic writing system. It begins with linguistic description of the components of Classical and Modern Standard Arabic writing, followed by accounts of their use ... More

The History of Writing as a History of Linguistics  

Peter T. Daniels

Print publication date:
Mar 2013
Online publication date:
Jul 2013
Subject:
Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Writing Systems
Every writing system represents a “native-speaker analysis” of a language, and as such at every stage of its development it reflects what its users consciously “know” about their language. ... More

Interpreting Alphabetic Orthographies: Early Middle English Spelling  

Roger Lass

Print publication date:
Nov 2015
Online publication date:
Jan 2015
Subject:
Linguistics, Writing Systems, Historical Linguistics
This chapter is designed to show some of the special properties of older, non-standardized orthographies, with nearly exclusive emphasis on early Middle English. In particular it shows that ... More

Interpreting Diffuse Orthographies and Orthographic Change  

J. Marshall Unger

Print publication date:
Nov 2015
Online publication date:
Jan 2015
Subject:
Linguistics, Writing Systems, Historical Linguistics
All the world’s writing systems may be classified as compact or diffuse depending on the number of functional units they generally employ. The only diffuse systems were or are used in and ... More

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