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...
| Основен автор: | Miller, D. Gary. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1994.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=400831 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Ancient Scripts and Phonological Knowledge. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (155 pages) |
| ISBN: |
9789027276711 9027276714 |