Spelling and society : the culture and politics of orthography around the world /

Spelling and society : the culture and politics of orthography around the world /

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Author / Creator:Sebba, Mark.
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 189 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Subject:
Language and languages -- Orthography and spelling.
Sociolinguistics.
Language and languages -- Orthography and spelling.
Sociolinguistics.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11813368
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ISBN:0511274491
9780511274497
0511272901
9780511272905
9781280815430
051127369X
9780511273698
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9781107164642
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9780521848459
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-182) and indexes.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Discusses the cultural and political importance of spelling in modern society from a sociolinguistic viewpoint.
Other form:Print version: Sebba, Mark. Spelling and society. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Diagrams; Tables; Acknowledgements; Note on transcription; Introduction: society and orthography; 1 Approaching orthography; 2 Orthography as social practice; 3 Language contact, linguists and the emergence of orthographies; 4 'Postcolonial' Orthographies; 5 Between language and dialect: orthography in unstandardised and standardising vernaculars; 6 Reform or revolution: where angels fear to tread; 7 Why do we spell?; Glossary; References; General Index; lndex of language names; Index of surnames.

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