articles on new writing systems Smalley, William A. (William Allen) 1923-1997 creator text enk London United Bible Societies 1964 monographic eng

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vii, 173 pages 24 cm. 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. by William A. Smalley and others. Bibliography: p. 165-168. Writing Language and languages Phonetic transcriptions 11.32 history of text and translation of the Bible Language and languages Writing P221.S63 O7 414 11.32 Smalley, William Allen. London, United Bible Societies, 1964 (OCoLC)743290371 COO 791012 20200528153024.0 ocm05522014 eng