Writing Systems - Second edition - Geoffrey Sampson

Writing Systems - Second edition - Geoffrey Sampson

Introduction

Writing Systems - Second edition - Geoffrey Sampson

Geoffrey Sampson [+-]
University of South Africa
Geoffrey Sampson is Professor Emeritus at Sussex University and a Research Fellow in the Linguistics Department at the University of South Africa. His most recent book is Grammar Without Grammaticality (2014, with Anna Babarczy).

Description

The author explains the scope and rationale underlying the second edition of his book. The premise of the book being that the study of writing systems should be treated as a standard branch of linguistics. The structure of the book is laid out -- organized around a series of 7 case studies.

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Sampson, Geoffrey . Introduction. Writing Systems - Second edition. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 1-17 Jan 2015. ISBN 9781781791042. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=22695. Date accessed: 29 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.22695. Jan 2015

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