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Article #2683Re: Spelling and Perceptual Mode (was: Effects of poor writing?)
From: Hugh LaMaster
Date: Thu, 11 May 1989 20:09
Date: Thu, 11 May 1989 20:09
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In article <2763@puff.cs.wisc.edu> brian@cat50.CS.WISC.EDU (Brian Miller) writes: >>...it is now straightforward to spell/read Russian words. If you >>can pronounce a word in Russian, you can spell it. In Russian, the corresponce between written and spoken language is certainly more regular than many languages, but, strictly speaking, not perfect, despite what Russians (non-linguists, of course) will tell you! How do distinguish an unstressed 'a' and 'o' infallibly? (etc. etc. etc.) (The classic example is the word for "good", which, when written, has 3 instances of one vowel character, each of which are pronounced differently.) : : >It is perfectly possible to adopt new spellings which embody *all* the >information contained in the archaic spellings and still conform to more >logical spelling rules. The proof of the pudding is in ... etc. Juhst hwut is yuhr pruhposuhl? Hugh LaMaster, m/s 233-9, UUCP ames!lamaster NASA Ames Research Center ARPA lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov Moffett Field, CA 94035 Phone: (415)694-6117
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!ames!ames.arc.nasa.gov!lamaster From: lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster) Newsgroups: sci.lang,comp.cog-eng,sci.psychology Subject: Re: Spelling and Perceptual Mode (was: Effects of poor writing?) Keywords: GB Shaw, orthography Message-ID: <25297@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Date: 11 May 89 20:09:55 GMT References: <39131@bbn.COM> <1982@trantor.harris-atd.com> <187@intek01.UUCP> <2670@puff.cs.wisc.edu> <131@minya.UUCP> <11580@well.UUCP> <1989May10.211236.19705@utpsych.toronto.edu> <2763@puff.cs.wisc.edu> Sender: usenet@ames.arc.nasa.gov Followup-To: sci.lang Distribution: na Organization: NASA - Ames Research Center Lines: 24