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German Spelling and Writing: System and Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2008

B.J. Koekkoek
Affiliation:
State University of New York at BuffaloBuffalo, New York 14260

Abstract

In the production of written German, the spelling system and the writing process are distinct but interdependent. The system of spelling depends upon the writing process for its manifestations; the process of writing depends upon the spelling system for its substance.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Germanic Linguistics 1989

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