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Chapter 5:  Acquiring and Teaching a New Writing System Vivian Cook Summarized by  Dolphin Lin
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I. What is a writing system? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Two Main Writing System of the World Alphabetic:  Spanish, Russian, Hindi etc  Consonantal:  Arabic, Persian, Urdu, etc.  C haracter-based:  Chinese, Japanese (kanji)  Syllabic:  Japanese (kana), many Indian languages (Bengali, Tamil, Gujarati etc)  Needs: – unvarying word forms, e.g Chinese – many thousands of characters  Needs:  – some phonological  properties e.g. predictable vowels (Arabic)   – small number of symbols   淼  ;  森  ;  驫 Morlock;  priori incantatem; honorificabilitudinitatibus   Meaning-based writing systems   Sound-based  writing systems
Sound-based/ Meaning-based writing system ,[object Object],[object Object]
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III. Punctuation ,[object Object],[object Object]
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Chapter 5 Acquiring And Teaching A New Writing System

  • 1. Chapter 5: Acquiring and Teaching a New Writing System Vivian Cook Summarized by Dolphin Lin
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  • 4. Two Main Writing System of the World Alphabetic: Spanish, Russian, Hindi etc Consonantal: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, etc. C haracter-based: Chinese, Japanese (kanji) Syllabic: Japanese (kana), many Indian languages (Bengali, Tamil, Gujarati etc) Needs: – unvarying word forms, e.g Chinese – many thousands of characters Needs:  – some phonological properties e.g. predictable vowels (Arabic)   – small number of symbols  淼 ; 森 ; 驫 Morlock; priori incantatem; honorificabilitudinitatibus   Meaning-based writing systems Sound-based writing systems
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