Handbook of Literacy in Akshara Orthography (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This volume examines the unique characteristics of akshara orthography and how they may affect literacy development and problems along with the implications for assessment and instruction. Even though akshara orthography is used by more than a billion people, there is an urgent need for a systematic attempt to bring the features, research findings, and future directions of akshara together in a coherent volume. We hope that this volume will bridge that gap. Akshara is used in several Indic languages, each calling it by a slightly different name, for example 'aksharamu', in Telugu, 'akshara' in Kannada, and 'akshar' in Hindi. It is the Bhrami-derived orthography used across much of the Indian subcontinent. There is a growing body of research on the psycholinguistic underpinnings of learning to read akshara, and the emerging perspective is that akshara, even though classified as alphasyllabaries, abugida, and semi-syllabic writing systems, is neither alphabetic nor syllabic. Rather, akshara orthography is unique and deserves to be a separate classification and needs further investigation relating to literacy acquisition in akshara. The chapters in this volume, written by leading authors in the field, will inform the reader of the current research on akshara in a coherent and systematic way.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Literacy Studies, 17
Release date:	June 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	R.Malatesha Joshi • Catherine McBride
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	388
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-005976-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Literacy Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Psycholinguistics > Bilingualism & multilingualism
LSN:	3-03-005976-6
Barcode:	9783030059767

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