Gordon 1981

Gordon, Raymond G. 1981.Symbolic manipulation of orthography. MA thesis. Cornell University. 100 pages. (Abstract in NOL.) Location: Dallas SIL Library 411 G664. Interest level: specialist.

Bases thesis on research dealing with psychological questions concerning the encoding adequacy of orthographies. Includes discussion of two issues related to orthography design. Reviews earlier research on this topic (researcher's primary research) and discusses the findings along with suggestions for further study. The primary research consists of

• the limits of encoding adequacy for several specific languages
• generalizations about the effects of reductions or enrichments in symbolization, and
• principles of encoding adequacy.

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