Writing Systems : A Linguistic Introduction

Sampson, Geoffrey

ISBN 10: 0804717567 / ISBN 13: 9780804717564

Verlag: Stanford University Press, 1990

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GRP16786406

Inhaltsangabe:

To say that writing has as much claim as speech to be treated as language may strike the reader as a statement of the obvious. But the fact is that, although the tide is beginning to turn now, for most of the twentieth century linguistics has almost wholly ignored writing. It is not necessary to accept all the theories of the French critic Jacques Derrida in order to agree with him when he describes writing as "the wandering outcast of linguistics."

This book is offered in the belief that written language is a form of language. As such, it deserves to be treated with the methods of modern, scientific linguistic study, which have been increasing our understanding of the spoken form of language for many decades.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Writing Systems : A Linguistic Introduction
Verlag: Stanford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good