A Computational Theory of Writing Systems (Studies in Natural Language Processing) - Hardcover

Book 21 of 38: Studies in Natural Language Processing

Sproat, Richard

 
9780521663403: A Computational Theory of Writing Systems (Studies in Natural Language Processing)

Synopsis

A formal computational theory of writing systems relating to psycholinguistic results.

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Review

"...this is easily the most original piece of writing in linguistics that I have read in the last ten years." Gerald Penn, Written Language & Literacy

Book Description

Drawing on case studies around the world, this book develops a formal computational theory of writing systems and relates it to psycholinguistic results. Sprout then proposes a taxonomy of writing systems. The book will be of interest to students and researchers in theoretical and computational linguistics, psycholinguistics and speech technology.

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ISBN 10:  0521034221 ISBN 13:  9780521034227
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008
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