E Ubi Ity of Polygra Y and Its Significan for E Typology of Iti Systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21703085 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sven Osterkamp (0000-0002-4596-9283, Ruhr University Bochum), Gordian Schreiber (0000-0002-7811-2518, Ruhr University Bochum) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 171-197 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Written Language & Literacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1387-6732 • E-ISSN: 1570-6001 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/wll.00052.ost |
| OpenAlex | W4206915503 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
It has often been assumed that there is, or should be, a one-to-one correspondence between graphs and linguistic units in writing systems as the norm. This is not merely doubtful in terms of descriptive accuracy. Conceptualizing writing systems in such a way also has profound consequences for the application of typological categories to specific cases. In this paper we first suggest a working definition of polygraphy, also touching upon its demarcation from adjacent concepts such as ligatures and diacritics. Having demonstrated that polygraphy is in fact fundamental to a significant number of typologically diverse writing systems, we argue in favor of a typology of writing systems taking the ubiquity of polygraphy into due account, with definitions going beyond one-to-one correspondences as the default
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |