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Peer reviewedDeFrancis, John – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1990
Reviews the history and development of the Pinyin grapheme system for the transcription of Chinese, and contrasts Pinyin graphemes with those of several other systems for Chinese. It is argued that Pinyin should be accepted as the standard system for Chinese transcription. (JL)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Chinese, Language Planning, Language Standardization
Varela Cuellar, Beatriz – Yelmo, 1976
This article presents the results of a questionnaire sent to Spanish teachers regarding possible orthographic reforms in Spanish. Changes considered included elimination of certain letters and representation of each phoneme by only one letter. Responses to each question are classified and explained. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Planning, Language Standardization, Language Variation
Brand, Clara S. – 1978
A great deal of time could be saved in all grades and for all content areas if a truly phonic alphabet were developed. This alphabet would have only one symbol for each sound and only one sound for each symbol so that beginning readers could learn to pronounce any word they could see and spell any word they could pronounce correctly. Such an…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Change Strategies, Language Skills, Language Standardization
