Developing Orthographies For Unwritten Languages

Author : Michael Cahill
Publisher : Sil International, Global Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781556713477
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Developing Orthographies for Unwritten Languages written by Michael Cahill and published by Sil International, Global Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While investigating endangered languages, many researchers become interested in developing literacy for these languages. However, often their linguistic training has not provided practical guidance in this area. This book, with contributions by experienced practitioners, helps fill this gap. Both foundational theory and specific case studies are addressed in this work. Non-linguistic factors are described, particularly sociolinguistic issues that determine acceptability of orthographies. A principled approach to the level of phonological representation for orthographies is proposed, applying recent phonological theory. The thorny issues of how to determine word breaks and how to mark tone in an orthography are explored. "Overly hasty orthographies" and the benefits of allowing time for an orthography to settle are discussed. Principles of the foundational chapters are further exemplified by detailed case studies from Mexico, Peru, California, Nepal, and Southeast Asia, which vividly illustrate the variety of local conditions that must be taken into account. The combination of theoretical and practical makes this book unique. It will benefit those involved in helping establish orthographies for hitherto-unwritten languages, and provide concrete guidance through crucial issues. Michael Cahill (Ph.D. 1999, Ohio State University) developed the Konni orthography in Ghana. He was SIL's International Linguistics Coordinator for eleven years, and is on the LSA's Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation. Keren Rice (Ph.D. 1976, University of Toronto) helped standardize the orthography of Slavey, and has taught on orthography development at InField/CoLang. She was LSA President in 2012 and is currently University Professor at the University of Toronto.

Author : Michael Cahill
Publisher : SIL International
ISBN 13 : 155671419X
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Developing Orthographies for Unwritten Languages written by Michael Cahill and published by SIL International. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While investigating endangered languages, many researchers become interested in developing literacy for these languages. However, often their linguistic training has not provided practical guidance in this area. This book, with contributions by experienced practitioners, helps fill this gap. Both foundational theory and specific case studies are addressed in this work. Non-linguistic factors are described, particularly sociolinguistic issues that determine acceptability of orthographies. A principled approach to the level of phonological representation for orthographies is proposed, applying recent phonological theory. The thorny issues of how to determine word breaks and how to mark tone in an orthography are explored. "Overly hasty orthographies" and the benefits of allowing time for an orthography to settle are discussed. Principles of the foundational chapters are further exemplified by detailed case studies from Mexico, Peru, California, Nepal, and Southeast Asia, which vividly illustrate the variety of local conditions that must be taken into account. The combination of theoretical and practical makes this book unique. It will benefit those involved in helping establish orthographies for hitherto-unwritten languages, and provide concrete guidance through crucial issues. Michael Cahill (Ph.D. 1999, Ohio State University) developed the Konni orthography in Ghana. He was SIL's International Linguistics Coordinator for eleven years, and is on the LSA's Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation. Keren Rice (Ph.D. 1976, University of Toronto) helped standardize the orthography of Slavey, and has taught on orthography development at InField/CoLang. She was LSA President in 2012 and is currently University Professor at the University of Toronto.

Author : Mari C. Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316875946
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating Orthographies for Endangered Languages written by Mari C. Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating an orthography is often seen as a key component of language revitalisation. Encoding an endangered variety can enhance its status and prestige. In speech communities that are fragmented dialectally or geographically, a common writing system may help create a sense of unified identity, or help keep a language alive by facilitating teaching and learning. Despite clear advantages, creating an orthography for an endangered language can also bring challenges, and this volume debates the following critical questions: whose task should this be - that of the linguist or the speech community? Should an orthography be maximally distanciated from that of the language of wider communication for ideological reasons, or should its main principles coincide for reasons of learnability? Which local variety should be selected as the basis of a common script? Is a multilectal script preferable to a standardised orthography? And can creating an orthography create problems for existing native speakers?

Author : Richard Lepsius
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Standard Alphabet for Reducing Unwritten Languages and Foreign Graphic Systems to a Uniform Orthography in European Letters written by Richard Lepsius and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mari C. Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107148359
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating Orthographies for Endangered Languages written by Mari C. Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume discusses how orthographies are being developed and implemented in the specific context of language endangerment and revitalisation. Chapters are written by academics working in the field of language endangerment and also by members of indigenous communities working 'at the coalface' of language support and maintenance.

Author : Andrée Frances Connery Sjoberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Socio-cultural and Linguistic Factors in the Development of Writing Systems for Preliterate Peoples written by Andrée Frances Connery Sjoberg and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kenneth L. Rehg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190610034
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages written by Kenneth L. Rehg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The endangered languages crisis is widely acknowledged among scholars who deal with languages and indigenous peoples as one of the most pressing problems facing humanity, posing moral, practical, and scientific issues of enormous proportions. Simply put, no area of the world is immune from language endangerment. The Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages, in 39 chapters, provides a comprehensive overview of the efforts that are being undertaken to deal with this crisis. A comprehensive reference reflecting the breadth of the field, the Handbook presents in detail both the range of thinking about language endangerment and the variety of responses to it, and broadens understanding of language endangerment, language documentation, and language revitalization, encouraging further research. The Handbook is organized into five parts. Part 1, Endangered Languages, addresses the fundamental issues that are essential to understanding the nature of the endangered languages crisis. Part 2, Language Documentation, provides an overview of the issues and activities of concern to linguists and others in their efforts to record and document endangered languages. Part 3, Language Revitalization, includes approaches, practices, and strategies for revitalizing endangered and sleeping ("dormant") languages. Part 4, Endangered Languages and Biocultural Diversity, extends the discussion of language endangerment beyond its conventional boundaries to consider the interrelationship of language, culture, and environment, and the common forces that now threaten the sustainability of their diversity. Part 5, Looking to the Future, addresses a variety of topics that are certain to be of consequence in future efforts to document and revitalize endangered languages.

Author : C. R. Lepsius
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666890665
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Standard Alphabet written by C. R. Lepsius and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Standard Alphabet: For Reducing Unwritten Languages and Foreign Graphic Systems to an Uniform Orthography in European Letters Five years have elapsed since the first edition of the Standard Alphabet was published. It has during that period enjoyed a wide circulation principally owing to the recommendation of the Committee of the Church Missionary Society, and the progress it has made leaves no doubt on our mind that it will ere long be universally adopted in all Missionary literature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Marco Condorelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108801412
Total Pages : 1075 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Orthography written by Marco Condorelli and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 1075 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a team of global scholars, this is the first Handbook covering the rapidly growing field of historical orthography. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is essential reading for academic researchers and students in the field, and in related areas such as morphology, syntax, historical linguistics, linguistic typology and sociolinguistics.

Author : R. Malatesha Joshi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031262506
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Literacy in Africa written by R. Malatesha Joshi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume highlights the shortcomings concerning literacy development in Africa and collates the current available literature based on empirical research in various countries in a coherent manner. Further emphasized is how the current research can guide practical information to improve the literacy situation in Africa. The research studies will encompass various fields such as linguistics, neurosciences, and education and will provide future research directions and instructional recommendations to improve the literacy situation in Africa.