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A Computational Theory of Writing Systems

Hardcover • 2000 • English • 1. edition

A Computational Theory of Writing Systems

By Richard William Sproat

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This book develops a formal computational theory of writing systems. It offers specific proposals about the linguistic objects that are represented by orthographic elements; what levels of linguistic representation are involved and how they may differ across writing systems; and what formal constraints hold of the mapping relation between linguistic and orthographic elements. Based on the insights gained, Sproat then proposes a taxonomy of writing systems. The treatment of theoretical linguistic...Show more

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ISBN

9780521663403

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2000

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

A Computational Theory of Writing Systems

Format

Hardcover

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