Re: Optimum number of symbols
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 19, 2002, 19:34 |
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Quoting And Rosta <a-rosta@...>:
> The Livagian script has one character per 'syllabeme' (approximately
> = syllable), plus further characters representing sequences of more
> than one syllabeme, which serve to increase written brevity and to
> exploit the greater ability of scripts (compared to phonology) to
> sustain contrasts. The syllabeme is the minimal combinatorially
> unrestricted unit of Livagian phonology. The Livagian script
> contains thousands of characters, though, so is motivated more
> by principle than by practical considerations.
So, is a "syllabeme" something like syllabification already
present in underlying representation?
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