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Student name Userpage
(Excercise 1)
Easy edit page
(Exercise 2)
Writing System article
(Exercise 3)
Note status as: not chosen or chosen

(Main Assignment 1 and 3)
Note status as:
not yet edited / 1st edit complete / revision complete

Sources you will be using
(Exercise 4)
Collaboration:
Pages you have commented on
(Main Assignment 2)
Teresa Galloway Teresa's Page
Clusivity
status: complete

Hebrew alphabet
status: chosen
status: not yet edited

Daniels and Bright, pp. 485-494
Aronoff (1985) in Language 61:28-72
Cross (1952) in The Bible and the Ancient Near East pp.133-202

status: not yet started
Ryan Arams Ryan's Page
Cornell North Campus
as a current Eco-house resident, I felt the information regarding the dorm committees was outdated

Status: completed

Cham script
status: chosen
status: not yet edited

Status: "not yet started"


Lulu Bai Lulu's Page
Shad Valley
added to program overview, listed awards under shad cup

Status: Completed

Blackfoot/Siksika

Malayalam script
status: chosen
status: 1st revision complete


Andronov, Mikhail Sergeevich. A Grammar of the Malayalam Language in Historical Treatment. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 1996.
Asher, R. E. Malayalam. Ed. T. C. Kumari 1934-. London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
The World's Writing Systems. Ed. Daniels, Peter T.Bright, William,1928-2006. New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.



Liuyuan (Tony) Chen Tony's Page
CMOS
over several edits

status: completed

Old Persian cuneiform

first revision complete


Windfuhr, Gernot L (1970). "Notes on the old Persian signs". Indo-Iranian Journal (12): 121–125. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

Daniels, Peter T (1996). The World's Writing Systems. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 134–137. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

Kent, Roland G. (1950). Old Persian; grammar, texts, lexicon. New Haven: American Oriental Society. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)




Luna Chen Luna's Page
Shin (band)
The original document only has two sentences. I have expanded the article to a paragraph and also listed the band's releases and the its most popular songs.

Status: Completed

Dongba Script 1st edit completed

Yang, Zhengwen (2008). Zhengwen Naxi Study Collection. Beijing: Culture Publisher. ISBN 978-7-105-08499-9. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

Fang, Guoyu (2008). Guoyu Naxi Study Collection. Beijing: Culture Publisher. ISBN 978-7-105-08271-1. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

He, Zhiwu (2008). Zhiwu Naxi Study Collection. Beijing: Culture Publisher. ISBN 978-7-105-09099-0. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)




Jasmine Chuang Jasmine's Page
Pingelap
added paragraph under Typhoon Longieki and Achromatopsia

completed and revised paragraph/removed repeats

status: chosen
status: First revision Cypriot syllabary

completed (Oct 22) Bennett, Emmett L. “Aegean Scripts.” The World’s Writing Systems.
Brill, E J. Ancient Scripts from Crete and Cyprus. Ed. Best Jan and Woudhuizen Fred.
Chadwick, John. Linear B and related Scripts.
Mitford, T. B. and Olivier Masson. "The Cypriot syllabary."
Newton, Brian. Cypriot Greek: Its Phonology and Inflections.



Marc D. Marc's Page
NOLS
I felt some of the geographical references were inadequate, so I updated each of the locations where courses are available.

status: completed.

I have chosen the Khitan script.
status: chosen
status: edited (completely overhauled)

The World's Writing Systems. Ed. Daniels, Peter T. Bright, William,1928-2006. New York : Oxford University Press, 1996: 230-234

Kiyose, Gisaburo N. “The Significance of the New Kitan and Jurchen Materials.” Papers in East Asian Languages 2 (1984): 75-87

Kara, György. “On the Khitan Writing Systems.” Mongolian Studies 10 (1987): 19-23



status: not yet collaborated

Madison Galasso Madison's page
USA Gymnastics

status: completed

Cherokee syllabary

status: first edit complete


Foley, Lawrence. Phonological Variation in Western Cherokee. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc. 1980.
Hardy, Heather K, and Janine Scancarelli. Native Languages of the Southeastern United States. Bloomington: Nebraska Press, 2005.
Walker, Willard, and James Sarbaugh. “The Early History of the Cherokee Syllabary.” Ethnohistory. 40.1 (1993): 70. 19 Oct. 2008.
Daniels and Bright The World's Writing Sysytems pp. 587-592



Melissa Halford Melissa's Page
Cygnus A
I added a paragraph about the galaxy's jets.

Status: Completed

Samaritan alphabet
Hanunó'o script
Status: Chosen
Status: first revision

Daniels and Bright in The World's Writing Systems pp. 481-484
Conklin (2007) in Fine Description: Ethnographic and Linguistic Essays pp. 320-347
Postma (1971) in Philippine Journal of Linguistics 2.1: 1-12



Heather Lee Heather's Page
L
The Hardest Thing
Added song meaning, lyrics, and music video.

Status: completed

Note that adding lyrics violates copyright. Someone has already fixed this for you, so no worries. Just FYI.

Borama Script
Aztec Writing
status:chosen
first edit complete

Status: e-mailed sources to you


Jessica Lee Jessica's Page
L
Death of a Salesman
I added a whole "Themes" section to the page, talking about three possible themes in the play.

Status: completed

Brāhmī scriptStatus:chosen
Status: First Revision

Daniels and Bright, pp. 373-383

Shirama (2006) in Brāhmī script: an invention of the early Maurya period
Dilip (2000) in Palaeolinguistic Profile of Brāhmī script
Naresh Prasad (1942) in Origin of Brāhmī script
Ram (1930) in Brāhmī script:development in North-Western India and Central Asia




Frank Ma Frank's Page
Gunbound
I have added a section titled "items" to give a basic overview about using different items in game.

Status: completed

Javanese Script
status: chosen
status: edited

not yet started


Robert Schwartz Robert's Page
Cornell North Campus
Status: Done

Funny that you and Melissa edited the same page!

Buhid scriptLontara
status:Initial Edit Complete

  • The World’s Writing Systems. Daniels, Peter T. and Bright, William. pp 474,480-481
  • Dictionary Of Languages. Dalby, Andrew. pp 99-100, 384
  • Compendium of the World’s Languages, 2nd ed. Campbell, George G. pp 267-273
  • The History of Cartography, vol 2, book 2: Cartography in the Traditional East and Southeast Asian Societes. Schwartberg, Joseph
  • A Critical Survey of Studies on the Languages of Sulawesi. Noorduyn, Jacobus



Sam Sinensky Sam's Page
Demarest,_New_Jersey
I added to the transportation section

Status: Complete

Yugtun_script
Status: Chosen, but not yet edited

Switch to Balinese_script
Switch to Coptic_alphabet
Edited Coptic: Complete


Status: complete
Works Cited

CampBell, George L. "Coptic." Compendium of the World's Writing Systems. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Biddles LTD, 1991. 409-15.
Daniels, Peter T., and William Bright, eds. The World's Writing Systems. New York: Oxford UP, 1996. 287-90.
Gessman, Albert M. "The Birthdate of the Coptic Script." The University of South Florida Language Quarterly 14 (1976): 1-2.




Jason Tong Jason's Page
Walt Whitman High School
status: complete
Javanese script
Cree syllabics

Status: First revision complete

Daniels and Bright in The World's Writing Systems pp. 599-611
Campbell (1991) in Compendium of the World's Languagespp.422-428
Ahenakew in Cree Language Structures pp. 1-5



Jia Rong Wu Jia's Page
Stuyvesant High School
Added several references for offered courses and notable alumni

status: completed

Elamite Cuneiform
first edit: complete

Status: not yet started


Norris X. Fuzzy Pickle
Lathe (graphics)

Status: completed

Manchu alphabet
Status: chosen
Status: first revision

Li (2000) in Manchu: A Textbook for Reading Documents
Gorelova (2002) in Manchu Grammar
Sinor (1963) in Introduction to Manchu Studies

None
Chrissy Zlogar Chrissy's Page
Boxgrove Quarry
I added a paragraph about the archaeological importance of the site.

Status: Completed

Sogdian alphabet

status: chosen
status: edited


  • Daniels & Bright (1996), pp.519, 529-530;
  • Gharib, Sogdian Dictionary (1995);
  • Sims-Williams, "The Sogdian Fragments of the British Library," Indo-Iranian Journal 18.1-2 (1976): 43-74;
  • Henning, "The Date of the Sogdian Ancient Letters," Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 12.3/4 (1948): 601-615