Does spelling matter? /
Horobin, Simon.
Does spelling matter? / Simon Horobin. - 1st ed. - x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-259) and indexes.
1. Introduction -- 2. Writing systems -- 3. Beginnings -- 4. Invasion and revision -- 5. Renaissance and reform -- 6. Fixing spelling -- 7. American spelling -- 8. Spelling today and tomorrow.
This title narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day. It also examines the changing attitudes to spelling, including numerous proposals for spelling reform, ranging from the introduction of new alphabets to more modest attempts to rid English of its silent letters, and the differing agendas they reveal.
9780199665280 (hbk.) 0199665281 (hbk.) 9780198722984 0198722982
2013409794
GBB2B4216 bnb
016209999 Uk
English language--Orthography and spelling--History.
English language--Etymology.
Spelling reform.
PE1141 / .H67 2013
421.5209 / H.S.D
Does spelling matter? / Simon Horobin. - 1st ed. - x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-259) and indexes.
1. Introduction -- 2. Writing systems -- 3. Beginnings -- 4. Invasion and revision -- 5. Renaissance and reform -- 6. Fixing spelling -- 7. American spelling -- 8. Spelling today and tomorrow.
This title narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day. It also examines the changing attitudes to spelling, including numerous proposals for spelling reform, ranging from the introduction of new alphabets to more modest attempts to rid English of its silent letters, and the differing agendas they reveal.
9780199665280 (hbk.) 0199665281 (hbk.) 9780198722984 0198722982
2013409794
GBB2B4216 bnb
016209999 Uk
English language--Orthography and spelling--History.
English language--Etymology.
Spelling reform.
PE1141 / .H67 2013
421.5209 / H.S.D