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Smalley, William A. 1923-1997.

Orthography studies; articles on new writing systems, by William A. Smalley and others. - London, United Bible Societies, 1964. - vii, 173 pages 24 cm. - Helps for translators, v. 6 . - Helps for translators ; v. 6. .

Bibliography: p. 165-168.

Introduction. Writing systems and their characteristics / William A. Smalley -- Principles of orthography preparation. What is phonemics? / Eugene A. Nida ; Practical limitations to a phonemic alphabet / Eugene A. Nida ; How shall I write this language? / William A. Smalley -- Compromise between conflicting writing systems. A problem in orthography preparation / William A. Smalley ; Spelling difficulties in Sranan / J. Voorhoeve -- Adaptation to culturally dominant systems. The use of non-Roman script for new languages / William A. Smalley ; Some language problems of Formosa / John Whitehorn ; Several Kru orthographies / Joseph E. Grimes, Augustus B. Marwieh, and Amy Bauernschmidt ; Orthography conference for French West Africa / William A. Smalley -- Special problems involving tone. Some problems in writing tone / J. Voorhoeve ; A tone orthography for Trique / Robert E. Longacre -- Dialect, transliteration, word division, grammar, questions. Dialect and orthography in Gipende / William A. Smalley ; Transliteration in Kapauku / Marion L. Doble ; Orthographic problems in Yipounou / Eugene A. Nida ; Problems of word division and capitalization / H. Beck ; Questions and orthography in Sango / William J. Samarin.

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Writing.
Language and languages--Phonetic transcriptions.
11.32 history of text and translation of the Bible.
Language and languages.
Writing.

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