Orthographic Conventions in Maya Writing: The Rule of Phonetic Complementation  

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Closs, Michael P.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 28 no. 2 (1986), page 229-252.
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This paper summarizes several orthographic conventions pertaining to the usage of phonetic signs in Maya writing. These conventions have been recognized during the last twenty- five years and have been validated by their utility in resolving problems in Maya glyph decipherment. The paper proposes a new convention, termed the Rule of Phonetic Complementation. The rule does not bring any additional cognitive dimension to Maya writing. However, it is productive in two senses. First, it reduces the degree of polyvalence in Maya writing. At times, what might appear as two distinct linguistic values for the same sign can be related by the Rule of Phonetic Complementation. Second, the convention provides an additional mechanism by which phonetic signs may be derived from logographic signs.

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