Writing Systems

Coulmas, F. (2003). Writing Systems: An Introduction to Their Linguistic Analysis. Cambridge University Press.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Textbook

Year

2003

DOI

10.1017/cbo9780511486899

Link

https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511486899

Cited by

2 citations across 2 artifacts.

Domain-specific

• Morphogram
  • Mixed systems combine morphograms with syllabograms, alphabets, spacing, and punctuation.
• Syllabary
  • Coulmas emphasizes that writing-system classifications describe dominant functional principles rather than forcing every historical script into a perfectly pure type.

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