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As most other linguistic theories, MTT postulates two intermediate-level represen-tations between the semantic representation (= meaning) and the surface-phonological representation (= text): a syntactic representation and a morphological representation (it is the third postulate of the theory).
Jan 1, 2022 · A treatment of the structure of writing systems—their relation to speech and language, their material features, linguistic functions, and norms, as well as the different types in which they...
Jul 1, 2015 · All writing represents the words of a language according to a set of rules. However, important properties of a language often go unrepresented in writing. Change and variation in...
Written by a leading expert, this new textbook provides an accessible introduction to the major writing systems of the world, from cuneiform to English spelling. Florian Coulmas presents detailed descriptions of the world’s writing systems and ex-plains their structural complexities as well as the intricate relationship between written and ...
Starting with Neef (2015), a multimodular model of writing systems has been proposed that includes language systems and graphematics as necessary modules, with orthography as an optional module. Aspects related to the material substance, embodied by scripts, are mostly neglected.
True writing, represents meaning through the medium of particular sounds—morphemes, syllables, phones. True writing is an open system: it can—like spoken language—convey anything that can be imagined by the human mind. Hadas Kotek Writing systems
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Handbook of the Science of Language and Society (2). New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1643 –1650. A look at social considerations in three different contexts: 1. the development of a first writing system for a language; 2. a writing system replacement; 3. a revision of a system that is in use. Full of salient statements worth quoting.