Preface.Acknowledgements.List of Abbreviations and Notional Conventions.Encyclopedic entries A-Z.Bibliography.
Florian Coulmas is Professor of Sociolinguistics at Chuo University, Tokyo. He was previously Professor of General Linguistics at Dusseldorf University and Research Fellow of the National Language Institute, Tokyo. He has been visiting Professor at Georgetown University and Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study, Berlin. His principle fields of interest are the study of writing and sociolinguistics.
"Florian Coulmas provides a coherent and sophisticated
interpretation of the forms and functions of written language. And
he shows how important the development of writing systems has been
in the development of linguistic description." Michael Stubbs,
University of Trier
"This book offers a thorough modern coverage of the writing systems
of the world. I believe that it will quickly become a standard
reference work in its field." Henry Rogers, University of
Toronto
"What makes this encyclopedia a great whole is the synthesis of all
the little fascinating things about writing systems, scripts, and
orthographies, which Coulmas differentiates in clear conceptual
terms...The reviewer recommends it to the specialist and the layman
enthusiastically and with no reservations whatsoever." P.G. Patel,
University of Ottawa
" A good work of this kind is an indispensible reference tool for
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an excellent job of presenting hundreds of terms used in the
analysis of writing systems...It does so... in prose of clarity
that makes each entry a pleasure to read." Janet S. Smith,
University of California, Davis
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