Risks in introducing a new alphabet and spelling rules
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31489/2022ph1/28-35Keywords:
writing reform, alphabet change, Latin script alphabet, main risks, secondary risksAbstract
The article analyzes the problem of risks during the introducing a new alphabet and spelling rules. The course of the empirical study to identify these risks is described. As a result of the study, the authors proposed the types of alleged threats, their explanation and ways to overcome the risks. The characteristics of the two identified risks (intellectual risk, impaired language transmission) along with the main risks (psychological, informational, technical and linguistic) and solutions for their management, which confirmed the research hypothesis, are proposed. An overview of the works written on the topic of the article is presented. The study results are compared with the findings of other scientists. The article is carried out within the framework of one of the objectives of the program-targeted research “Development of a series of updated normative dictionaries and academic publications providing translation of the state language into the Latin national alphabet”. The article aims to pres