A Western Apache Writing System: The Symbols of Silas John

@article{Basso1973AWA,  title={A Western Apache Writing System: The Symbols of Silas John},  author={Keith H. Basso and Ned Anderson},  journal={Science},  year={1973},  volume={180},  pages={1013 - 1022},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144517844}}
At the outset of this article, it was observed that the adequacy of an etic typology of written symbols could be judged by its ability to describe all the emic distinctions in all the writing systems of the world. In conclusion, we should like to return to this point and briefly examine the extent to which currently available etic concepts can be used to describe the distinctions made by Western Apaches in relation to the writing system of Silas John. Every symbol in the Silas John script may… 

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