The Ambiguity of the Relations between Graphemes and Phonemes in the Persian Orthographic System

IF 0.2 Q4 LINGUISTICS
Glottometrics Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI:10.53482/2021_50_385
Tayebeh Mosavi Miangah, R. Vulanović
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Abstract

In this paper, the degree to which Persian orthography deviates from transparency is quantified and evaluated. We investigate the relations between graphemes and phonemes in Persian, in which the writing system is not fully representative of the spoken language, mostly due to the omission of the short-vowel graphemes. We measure the degree of the Persian orthographic system transparency using a heuristic mathematical model. We apply the same measures to orthographic systems of other languages and compare the results to those obtained for Persian. The results show a relatively high degree of transparency in Persian when it comes to writing, but a low degree of transparency when it comes to reading. We also consider models that avoid the problems related to the short vowels in Persian and these models demonstrate a considerable decrease of the uncertainty in the Persian orthographic system.
波斯语正字法系统中字素与音素关系的模糊性
本文对波斯语正字法偏离透明的程度进行了量化和评价。我们研究了波斯语中字母素和音素之间的关系,在波斯语中,书写系统不能完全代表口语,主要是由于省略了短元音字母素。我们使用启发式数学模型测量波斯语正字法系统透明度的程度。我们将同样的方法应用于其他语言的正字法系统,并将结果与波斯语的结果进行比较。结果显示,波斯语在写作方面的透明度相对较高,但在阅读方面的透明度较低。我们还考虑了避免波斯语短元音问题的模型,这些模型表明波斯语正字法系统中的不确定性大大减少。
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Glottometrics
Glottometrics LINGUISTICS-
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期刊介绍: The aim of Glottometrics is quantification, measurement and mathematical modeling of any kind of language phenomena. We invite contributions on probabilistic or other mathematical models (e.g. graph theoretic or optimization approaches) which enable to establish language laws that can be validated by testing statistical hypotheses.
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