| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations. |
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text file |
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Benjamins current topics ; volume 51
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Benjamins current topics ; v. 51.
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| Note |
Typology of Writing Systems special issue developed out of papers delivered during the Association of Written Language and Literacy's (AWLL) 6th International Workshop on Writing Systems on the Typology of Writing Systems theme, held at the University of Braunschweig, Germany, on 18-19 September 2008. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This paper aims at determining the relationship between writing in chats and features from different writing systems. Although net users do not realise it, they recreate features mainly from morphographic systems and consonantal scripts and, consequently, they seem to be searching for a more economical way of conveying meaning through writing. When carrying out a corpus-based study, involving 90 minutes of real-time conversations in a Portuguese chat programme, we observed tendencies concerning spelling changes: the syllable onset is usually preserved, which resembles consonantal scripts; the. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Writing -- History.
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Writing. |
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History. |
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Typology (Linguistics)
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Typology (Linguistics) |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Borgwaldt, Susanne R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Typology of writing systems. Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013 9789027202703 (DLC) 2013008441 |
| ISBN |
9789027271853 (pdf) |
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9027271852 (pdf) |
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9027202702 (Cloth) |
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9789027202703 (Cloth) |
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9781299640320 (MyiLibrary) |
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129964032X (MyiLibrary) |
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9789027202703 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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