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| Summary: | This book provides an outline history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons' 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.
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| Item Description: | Includes indexes. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 130 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. |
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| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. [119]-121. |
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| ISBN: | 0064961389 (Barnes & Noble) : $7.50 (U.S.) |
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