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Writing systems at play in Thai-English online interactions 写作系统在泰英在线互动中的作用

Writing Systems Research Pub Date : 2012-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/17586801.2011.628583

Caroline Tagg, P. Seargeant

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引用次数: 26

Form follows function: Interjections and onomatopoetica in comics 形式服从功能:漫画中的感叹词和拟声词

Writing Systems Research Pub Date : 2012-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/17586801.2012.751348

I. Forster, S. Borgwaldt, Martin Neef

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引用次数: 13

How graffiti provide evidence on the relationship between writing, orality, and identity 涂鸦如何为书写、口头表达和身份之间的关系提供证据

Writing Systems Research Pub Date : 2012-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/17586801.2012.658163

Giovanni Depau

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引用次数: 5

Word break conflicts in Bantu languages: Skirmishes on many fronts 班图语中的断字冲突:许多战线上的小冲突

Writing Systems Research Pub Date : 2012-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/17586801.2012.744686

Helen Eaton, L. Schroeder

引用次数: 1

2012 Volume Contents 2012年卷目目录

Writing Systems Research Pub Date : 2012-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/17586801.2012.757457

B. Bassetti, Jyotsna Vaid, K. Tamaoka, Sachiko Kiyama

引用次数: 0

Performance of Seraphinian in reference to some statistical tests Seraphinian的性能参考了一些统计测试

Writing Systems Research Pub Date : 2012-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/17586801.2012.683052

Tomi S. Melka, J. Stanley

引用次数: 2

2012 Author Index 2012年作者索引

Writing Systems Research Pub Date : 2012-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/17586801.2012.757458

引用次数: 0

Graphematics as part of a modular theory of phonographic writing systems 作为留声机书写系统模块理论的一部分的书写学

Writing Systems Research Pub Date : 2012-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/17586801.2012.706658

Martin Neef

引用次数: 15

The writing system at play 文字系统在起作用

Writing Systems Research Pub Date : 2012-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/17586801.2012.740432

V. Cook, B. Bassetti, Jyotsna Vaid

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引用次数: 0

Undergraduates' use of text messaging language: Effects of country and collection method 大学生短信语言使用:国家和收集方式的影响

Writing Systems Research Pub Date : 2012-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/17586801.2012.712875

Abbie Grace, Nenagh Kemp, F. Martin, R. Parrila

引用次数: 24