Sjoberg 1966

Sjoberg 1966

Reference
	Sjoberg, Andree F. 1966. "Sociocultural and linguistic factors in the development of writing systems for preliterate peoples." In Bright 1966. Interest level: specialist.

Summary
	Is a classical article. Discusses Pike's revision of one-to-one correspondence theory. Is based on findings of survey taken in 1964 among SIL entities worldwide. Echoes Smalley's position that mother tongue speakers' feelings are frequently the primary consideration in orthography design.

Evaluation
	Is a good and much-referred-to article. Is applicable today even though it was written in 1966. Article is scholarly and thorough.

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Bibliography module: Sjoberg 1966
In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): S
In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
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In bookshelf: Literacy

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