<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "Orthography and Identity in Cameroon"^^ . "The tone languages of sub-Saharan Africa\nraise challenging questions for the design\nof new writing systems. Marking too much or too little tone can have\ngrave consequences for the usability of an orthography.\nOrthography development, past and present, rests on a\nraft of sociolinguistic issues having little to do with the\ntechnical phonological concerns that usually preoccupy orthographers.\nSome of these issues\nare familiar from the spelling reforms which have taken place\nin European languages. However, many of the issues faced in\nsub-Saharan Africa are\ndifferent, being concerned with the creation of new writing systems\nin a multi-ethnic context: residual colonial influences, the\nconstruction of new nation-states, detribalization versus\nculture preservation and language reclamation, and so on.\nLanguage development projects which crucially rely on creating\nor revising orthographies may founder if they do not attend to\nthe various layers of identity that are indexed by orthography:\nwhether colonial, national, ethnic, local or individual identity.\nIn this study, I review the history and politics\nof orthography in Cameroon, with a focus on tone marking.\nThe paper concludes by calling present-day orthographers to\na deeper and broader understanding of orthographic issues. \n"^^ . "2001" . . . "4" . "2" . . "John Benjamins"^^ . . . "Written Language and Literacy"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "William"^^ . "Bright"^^ . "William Bright"^^ . . "Steven"^^ . "Bird"^^ . "Steven Bird"^^ . . . . . . "Orthography and Identity in Cameroon (Postscript)"^^ . . . . . . "identity.ps"^^ . . . "Orthography and Identity in Cameroon (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "Orthography and Identity in Cameroon (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . . "identity.pdf"^^ . . . "Orthography and Identity in Cameroon (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #1446 \n\nOrthography and Identity in Cameroon\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Phonology" . .