?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Orthography+and+Identity+in+Cameroon&rft.creator=Bird%2C+Steven&rft.subject=Phonology&rft.description=The+tone+languages+of+sub-Saharan+Africa%0Araise+challenging+questions+for+the+design%0Aof+new+writing+systems.++Marking+too+much+or+too+little+tone+can+have%0Agrave+consequences+for+the+usability+of+an+orthography.%0AOrthography+development%2C+past+and+present%2C+rests+on+a%0Araft+of+sociolinguistic+issues+having+little+to+do+with+the%0Atechnical+phonological+concerns+that+usually+preoccupy+orthographers.%0ASome+of+these+issues%0Aare+familiar+from+the+spelling+reforms+which+have+taken+place%0Ain+European+languages.++However%2C+many+of+the+issues+faced+in%0Asub-Saharan+Africa+are%0Adifferent%2C+being+concerned+with+the+creation+of+new+writing+systems%0Ain+a+multi-ethnic+context%3A+residual+colonial+influences%2C+the%0Aconstruction+of+new+nation-states%2C+detribalization+versus%0Aculture+preservation+and+language+reclamation%2C+and+so+on.%0ALanguage+development+projects+which+crucially+rely+on+creating%0Aor+revising+orthographies+may+founder+if+they+do+not+attend+to%0Athe+various+layers+of+identity+that+are+indexed+by+orthography%3A%0Awhether+colonial%2C+national%2C+ethnic%2C+local+or+individual+identity.%0AIn+this+study%2C+I+review+the+history+and+politics%0Aof+orthography+in+Cameroon%2C+with+a+focus+on+tone+marking.%0AThe+paper+concludes+by+calling+present-day+orthographers+to%0Aa+deeper+and+broader+understanding+of+orthographic+issues.+%0A&rft.publisher=John+Benjamins&rft.contributor=Bright%2C+William&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1446%2F1%2Fidentity.ps&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1446%2F5%2Fidentity.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bird%2C+Steven++(2001)+Orthography+and+Identity+in+Cameroon.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1446%2F