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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alan Cruttenden (University of Oxford, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.526kg ISBN: 9780367497262ISBN 10: 0367497263 Pages: 258 Publication Date: 17 March 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Adult education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Further / Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Technical terms and symbols Chapter 1. English spelling Chapter 2. Latin-based alphabets in European languages Chapter 3. Latin-based alphabets outside Europe Chapter 4. Greek, Cyrillic and related alphabets Chapter 5. Hebrew, Arabic and related alphabets Chapter 6. South and south-east Asian alphabets Chapter 7. East Asian scripts Chapter 8. The world’s earliest writing and its decipherment Chapter 9. More early writing and its decipherment Chapter 10. A typology of writing systems Bibliography Appendix 1. International Phonetic Alphabet Appendix 2. Some basic variables in writing systems Appendix 3. Writing materials IndexReviewsOver the last decades, writing systems have become the step-child of Linguistics, even though the interaction between pronunciation and writing is an intricate and complex field that has great insights to offer. When scholars do examine writing systems, they tend to focus on their history or on western, alphabetic systems. 'Writing Systems and Phonetics', by Alan Cruttenden, one of the world's leading phoneticians, is a clear and convincing introduction to a wide variety of systems from all over the world, explaining how they work synchronically as well as how they came about historically. Professor Cruttenden's approach makes this book accessible to those who have never worked on writing systems before, but the seasoned scholar of orthographies will benefit from it just as much. Professor Wolfgang De Melo, University of Oxford, UK The difference between language and script is one that is quite hard to explain to students, at least initially. This attractive book navigates the complexities in a way which is to be expected from a scholar of Professor Cruttenden's standing. It begins by exploring English spelling in relation to historical changes in pronunciation and uses the lessons learned to explain similar problems and how they are solved in other European countries and beyond, engaging fully with such writing systems as those of Arabic, Chinese and even ancient Egyptian. It will be essential reading for students of Linguistics. Professor John Healey, University of Manchester, UK Over the last decades, writing systems have become the step-child of Linguistics, even though the interaction between pronunciation and writing is an intricate and complex field that has great insights to offer. When scholars do examine writing systems, they tend to focus on their history or on western, alphabetic systems. 'Writing Systems and Phonetics', by Alan Cruttenden, one of the world's leading phoneticians, is a clear and convincing introduction to a wide variety of systems from all over the world, explaining how they work synchronically as well as how they came about historically. Professor Cruttenden's approach makes this book accessible to those who have never worked on writing systems before, but the seasoned scholar of orthographies will benefit from it just as much. Professor Wolfgang De Melo, University of Oxford, UK The difference between language and script is one that is quite hard to explain to students, at least initially. This attractive book navigates the complexities in a way which is to be expected from a scholar of Professor Cruttenden's standing. It begins by exploring English spelling in relation to historical changes in pronunciation and uses the lessons learned to explain similar problems and how they are solved in other European and beyond, engaging fully with such writing systems as those of Arabic, Chinese and even ancient Egyptian. It will be essential reading for students of Linguistics. Professor John Healey, University of Manchester, UK Author InformationAlan Cruttenden is Professor Emeritus of Phonetics, University of Manchester, and Fellow of the Phonetics Laboratory, University of Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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