Graphemics and Orthography (Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Graphemics_and_Orthography)
up Graphemics and OrthographyThe study of writing systems and methods or rules of spelling.EntriesOmniglot http://www.omniglot.com/ Provides an introduction to almost all alphabets and other writing systems, details of hundreds of languages, and a large collection of useful phrases and multilingual texts. Symbols.com http://www.symbols.com/ An encyclopedia of over 2500 symbols. Search by keywords/concepts or by graphical attributes. Ancient Scripts of the World http://www.ancientscripts.com/ Lawrence Lo describes the origins, types and families of writing systems. Sections on phonetics, historical linguistics. Bibliography and links. Indian Alphabet Comparison http://www.ukindia.com/zalph.htm A comparison of written Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and Gujarati by Eden Golshani. Blissymbolics Resources http://www.blissymbolics.us/ Integrated Pictographic Language System for international communication, currently used by people with language-related disabilities. A Philippine Leaf http://www.bibingka.com/dahon/ A description of literacy and writing systems in Pre-Hispanic Philippines. Truetype fonts by Curtis Clark http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/fonts/#myth Downloadable Truetype fonts of ancient alphabets. C. C. Elian http://www.ccelian.com/ An alternative writing system examplified through art works that are visually similar to Asian and Middle Eastern systems, but based on Western concepts of language as it relates to perception and the implied ability to experience and control reality. Eskaya Script http://www.bibingka.com/dahon/mystery/eskaya.htm Describes the Eskaya people of Bohol, and their writing, numerical, and calendar system, as well as links to information about other Philippine scripts. The Numbers in Various Writing Systems http://zompist.com/scripts.html Numbers 1-10, in syllabaries, consonantal scripts, and sign. Amanye Tenceli:The Writing Systems of Aman http://hem.passagen.se/mansb/at/ Complete descriptions of the Sarati and Tengwar scripts created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his celebrated artificial languages. Also includes fonts and specialized writing programs. African Writing Systems http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/Writing_Systems/Amharic.html An examination of the writing systems of Africa, including Amharic (Ethiopian). Creative Ideas: Evolutions in the English Lexicon http://www.creativeideasforyou.com/spellit.html The combination of the symbology of the English language with that of mathematics to create new meanings. Ancient Mesoamerican Writing http://pages.prodigy.com/GBonline/ancwrite-old.html Mesoamerican culture as expressed in Precolumbian writing systems, inscriptions and codices, with links to related sites. Orthography Examples http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/orthography/examples.html Samples of non-Latin writing systems, including Cyrillic, Aramaic, a syllabary, and a phonetic system. Multilingual Computing http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&cat_id=Links Links to sites of interest in multilingual computing and other closely related areas of scripts and languages as well as a guide for finding language fonts on the Internet. A Short Presentation and Overview of the Rune alphabet, the Futhark http://www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/viking_age/runes/overview.html Contains a good discussion of the changes in the Norse Runic alphabet (the Futhark) over time. Impact of the Dravidian Culture on the Writing Systems in India. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2104/scripts.html A paper which examines the development of scripts in India. The Origin of Writing http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Cyprus/8281/ Post-structural analysis of the non-metrical image writing used by the Aboriginal Peoples of North America during pre-Columbian times, a system based upon material production within a visual context. World Writing Systems http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/writintro.htm Features linguistic basics of writing systems, attempts of spelling reforms, social and political aspects of many languages' orthographies. SubcategoriesEgyptian Hieroglyphs Linear B Linear B (derived from Linear A) was a syllabic script used between the 14th and 12th centuries B.C. in Crete and the Peloponnese. It is believed to be an early form of Related categoriesCharacter Encoding Information, resources and products related to international character encoding, national character sets and character conversion issues. Chinese Calligraphy Calligraphy is the art of Beautiful Writing. It encompases alphabetic and pictographic languages. Examples of alphabetic languages include Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, and Sanscrit. Principle Epigraphy The study of written matter recorded on hard or durable material; the study of inscriptions from the earliest civilizations through to the Japanese Calligraphy This category is for Japanese traditional (non-Western) calligraphy. Websites in Japanese should be submitted to World: Neigbour categoriesApplied Linguistics Bilingualism Bilingualism is a subtopic within the study of Linguistics (the study of languages and its use). Specifically, it is the study of people who speak two languages. Common phenomena that occur for Comparative Linguistics and Typology Computational Linguistics Computational linguistics research integrates research work from the field of linguistics with research in computer science. Work in this field informs and supports the general development of Computer Assisted Language Learning Sites about Computer Assisted Language Learning. Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) can be defined succintly and broadly as "the search for and study of applications of the computer in Conferences Dialectology Education Resources for teaching and learning languages. Historical Linguistics Institutes Journals Open to English-language and multilingual sites featuring academic and professional linguistics publications in print and electronic media. Languages Information related to languages, especially particular languages and language families, and not to specific branches of linguistics. Morphology and Syntax Onomastics Category contains web sites concerning the study of names. People Phonetics and Phonology Pragmatics Pragmatics is the study of how the arrangement of words and phrases can alter the meaning of a sentence. It includes the study of the speaker's meaning, the study of the meaning in its context, the Professional Organizations Open to English-language and multilingual sites featuring academic and professional linguistics organizations, associations, and societies. Psycholinguistics Semantics The philosophical and scientific study of meaning. Sometimes considered to be the same thing as semiotics, semology, or semasiology, which have overlapping meanings. This is a relatively new Semiotics The term Semiotics stems from the Greek word seemeiootikee--the study of signs, what they represent and signify, and how we act and think in their milieu. Semiotics is the study of signs and Sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics is the study of the relationship between linguistic behaviour and social situations, roles, and functions. Rather than concentrating on individuals, sociolinguistics is centered on Translation Open to Noncommercial translation related sites in English only. Discourse Analysis Discourse analysis is the study of the acts of discourse, writing, talk, conversation and communication. It includes conversation Language Acquisition Academic studies of the learning and acquisition of first and second languages. (This section is quite beta and buggy, have patience. Thanks) Thumbnails powered by Thumbshots |