A history of English spelling
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A history of English spelling
Manchester University Press, 2011, c1974
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Bibliography: p. [119]-121
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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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