ISBN:
9789401111621
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (380 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Joshi, R. Malatesha Scripts and Literacy : Reading and Learning to Read Alphabets, Syllabaries and Characters
DDC:
302.2244
Keywords:
Comparative linguistics
Abstract:
Front -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO READING THE WORLD'S SCRIPTS -- 2. SCRIPTS AND WRITING SYSTEMS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- 3. OPTIMAL ORTHOGRAPHIES -- 5. THE CREE SYLLABARY AND THE WRITING SYSTEM RIDDLE: A PARADIGM IN CRISIS -- 7. ORTHOGRAPHY AND READING IN KANNADA: A DRAVIDIAN LANGUAGE -- 10. SCRIPT FACTORS THAT AFFECT LITERACY: ALPHABETIC VS. LOGOGRAPHIC LANGUAGES -- 12. DIFFERENTIAL PROCESSING OF CONTENT WORDS AND FUNCTION WORDS: CHINESE CHARACTERS VS. PHONETIC SCRIPTS -- 14. ASYMMETRIES BETWEEN READING AND WRITING FOR JAPANESE CHILDREN -- 16. WRITING SYSTEMS AND ACQUISITION OF READING IN AMERICAN, CHINESE, AND JAPANESE FIRST-GRADERS -- 17. BRAHMI SCRIPTS, ORTHOGRAPHIC UNITS AND READING ACQUISITION -- 18. ORTHOGRAPHIC AND COGNITIVE PROCESSING IN LEARNING TO READ ENGLISH AND HEBREW -- 19. SCRIPT DIRECTIONALITY AFFECTS NONLINGUISTIC PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM HINDI AND URDU -- AUTHOR INDEX
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