Shifting Between Writing Systems
Some Linguistic Remarks and Typological Observations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21838685 |
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| Authors | Edoardo Scarpanti (0000-0003-1888-162X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1948-5425 • E-ISSN: 1948-5425 |
| Publisher | Macrothink Institute, Inc. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5296/ijl.v14i1.19455 |
| OpenAlex | W4213109681 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
Just like human languages, also writing systems tend to change in diachrony, and sometimes they are substituted by new ones, in a process that we can call writing systems shift. The way this process takes place is determined by many conditions, which are here briefly described and discussed. Some recurrent facts suggest that a script shift is a linguistic phenomenon which is strongly marked, and which needs both a strong motivation, inside the speaking community, and a strong motivator, outside the same community. Despite some previous thoughts, in fact, it’s possible that choosing a new writing system is not simply the consequence of an evolution towards a “better” or “more adapt” system, but rather a more general matter of linguistic identity, which involves the whole speaking community
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Linguistic change · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Sociology · Writing system · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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