A history of English spelling

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A history of English spelling

D.G. Scragg

(Mont Follick series, v. 3)

Manchester University Press , Barnes & Noble Books, [1975]

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***遡及による流用入力

"Reprinted in a paper edition 1975"--T. p. verso

Bibliography: p. [119]-121

Includes indexes

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Description

This book provides an outline history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxon' adoption of the Roman alphabet to the present day. It shows the respective influences on modern usage of native French and Latin orthographies and attempts a definition of the manner in which spelling stabilised. A final chapter traces changing notions of correctness in spelling during the last four centuries, and also gives a summary of the principle movements for its reform in favour of a more consistent and phonetic system of notion. Students in higher education specialising in English or linguistics and also those studying other languages at an advanced level should find this a useful book. The general reader with an interest in the history of his language or the question of spelling will find it most readable -- .

Table of Contents

List of illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations and signs Phonetic symbols 1. The foundation 2. The collapse of the standard 3. The French invasion 4. Renaissance and re-formation 5. The power of the press 6. Sound spelling Bibliography Word index Subject index -- .

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