A Functional Approach to Garshunography: A Case Study of Syro-X and X-Syriac Writing SystemsIntellectual History of the Islamicate WorldSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/MR8AYG9F/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.George AntonKirazA Functional Approach to Garshunography: A Case Study of Syro-X and X-Syriac Writing Systemshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/MR8AYG9Fhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/MR8AYG9Fhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/MR8AYG9FIntellectual History of the Islamicate World7:2-32019264-277It is argued here that functionalism lies at the heart of garshunographic writing systems (where one language is written in a script that is sociolinguistically associated with another language). Giving historical accounts of such systems that began as early as the eighth century, it will be demonstrated that garshunographic systems grew organically because of necessity and that they offered a certain degree of simplicity rather than complexity. While the paper discusses mostly Syriac-based systems, its arguments can probably be expanded to other garshunographic systems.
Kiraz, George Anton. “A Functional Approach to Garshunography: A Case Study of Syro-X and X-Syriac Writing Systems.” Intellectual History of the Islamicate World 7:2-3 (2019): 264–77.
George Anton Kiraz, A Functional Approach to Garshunography: A Case Study of Syro-X and X-Syriac Writing Systems,Intellectual History of the Islamicate World 7:2-3 (2019): 264–77.Arab ChristiansKarshuniVII-XVIII CEXIX-XXI CEalphabetsociolinguistics