From Letter to Sound

New perspectives on writing systems

Special issue of Written Language & Literacy 7:2 (2004)

Editors

Martin Neef | University of Cologne & University of Brunswick

Beatrice Primus † | University of Cologne

[Written Language & Literacy, 7:2] 2005. 207 pp.

Publishing status: Available

© John Benjamins Publishing Company

https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.7.2

Table of Contents

Introduction: From letter to sound: New perspectives on writing systems Beatrice Primus † and Martin Neef	133–138
In search of the perfect orthography Richard L. Venezky	139–163
Word-initial entropy in five languages: Letter to sound, and sound to letter S. Borgwaldt, Frauke M. Hellwig and Annette M.B. de Groot	165–184
The apostrophe: A neglected and misunderstood reading aid Daniel Bunčić	185–204
The relation of vowel letters to phonological syllables in English and German Martin Neef	205–234
A featural analysis of the Modern Roman Alphabet Beatrice Primus †	235–274
Do symmetrical letter pairs affect readability? A cross-linguistic examination of writing systems with specific reference to the runes Alexandra Wiebelt	275–303
How to optimize orthography Richard Wiese	305–331
Contents of Volume 7	333–334

Subjects

Linguistics

Writing and literacy

Discourse studies

Language teaching

Main BIC Subject

CF: Linguistics

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General