Ancient Scripts and Phonological Knowledge

This study investigates the properties of several ancient syllabic and linear segmental scripts to make explicit the aspects of linguistic knowledge they attempt to represent. Some recent experimental work suggests that nonliterate speakers do not have segmental knowledge and that only syllabic know...

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Autor principal: Miller, D. Gary (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co 1994.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:This study investigates the properties of several ancient syllabic and linear segmental scripts to make explicit the aspects of linguistic knowledge they attempt to represent. Some recent experimental work suggests that nonliterate speakers do not have segmental knowledge and that only syllabic knowledge is 'real' or accessible, whence the ubiquity of syllabaries. Miller disputes this by showing that such tests do not distinguish relevant types of knowledge, and that linguistic analysis of the ordering and writing conventions of early Western scripts corroborates the evidence from language acq.
Descripción Física:155 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9789027276711