A Computational Theory of Writing Systems

Voorkant
Cambridge University Press, 3 jul 2000 - 236 pagina's
This innovative book develops a formal computational theory of writing systems and relates it to psycholingui stic results. Drawing on case studies of writing systems around the world, it offers specific proposals about the linguistic objects that are represented by orthographic elements and the formal constraints that hold of the mapping relation between them. Based on the insights gained, it posits a new taxonomy of writing systems. The book will be of interest to students and researchers in theoretical and computational linguistics, the psycholinguistics of reading and writing, and speech technology.
 

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Reading Devices
1
A Brief Introduction
2
A Model
6
122 Formal Definitions
11
1222 Definitions
13
1223 Axioms
14
1231 Regularity
16
1232 Consistency
19
3A3 Rules for the Shallow ORL
129
Linguistic Elements
131
A Brief Overview
132
412 Sampson
133
413 DeFrancis
134
4132 All Full Writing Is Phonographic
135
414 A New Proposal
139
415 Summary
143

124 Further Issues
20
1241 Why a Constrained Theory of Writing Systems?
21
1242 Orthography and the Segmental Assumption
23
13 Terminology and Conventions
25
An Overview of FiniteState Automata and Transducers
29
1A2 Regular Relations and FiniteState Transducers
30
Regularity
34
21 Planar Regular Languages and Planar Regular Relations
35
22 The Locality Hypothesis
41
Examples
42
231 Korean Hankul
43
232 Devanagari
45
233 Pahawh Hmong
47
234 Chinese
48
235 A Counterexample from Ancient Egyptian
54
24 CrossWritingSystem Variation in the SLU
55
Text Direction
59
2A Sample Chinese Characters and Their Analyses
62
ORL Depth and Consistency
67
311 Vowel Reduction
68
312 Regressive Palatalization
73
313 Lexical Marking in Russian and Other Issues
76
314 Summary of Russian and Belarusian
79
33 The Orthographic Representation of SerboCroatian Consonant Devoicing
89
331 Methods and Materials
91
332 Results
92
34 Cyclicity in Orthography
95
35 Surface Orthographic Constraints
96
3A English Deep and Shallow ORLs
99
3A2 Rules for the Deep ORL
127
42 Chinese Writing
144
43 Japanese Writing
154
44 Some Further Examples
160
442 Reduplication Markers
161
443 Cancellation Signs
162
Psycholinguistic Evidence
163
51 Multiple Routes and the Orthographic Depth Hypothesis
165
511 Evidence for the Orthographic Depth Hypothesis
168
512 Evidence against the Orthographic Depth Hypothesis
170
52 Shallow Processing in Deep Orthographies
171
522 Phonological Access in Japanese
173
523 Evidence for the Function of Phonetic Components in Chinese
175
524 Summary
176
The SeidenbergMcClelland Model
178
531 Outline of the Model
179
532 What Is Wrong with the Model?
181
54 Summary
184
Further Issues
185
The Case of Dutch
192
621 The 1954 Spelling Rules
193
622 The 1995 Spelling Rules
195
Numerical Notation and Its Relation to Number Names
197
64 Abbreviatory Devices
204
65 NonBloomfieldian Views on Writing
207
66 Postscript
210
References
215
Subject Index
225
Name Index
232
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