Spelling and society : the culture and politics of orthography around the world /
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| Author / Creator: | Sebba, Mark. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. |
| Description: | xix, 189 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Language and languages -- Orthography and spelling. Sociolinguistics. Language and languages -- Orthography and spelling. Sociolinguistics. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6326701 |
Table of 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
- Index of language names
- Index of surnames