Does spelling matter? / Simon Horobin.

By:

Horobin, Simon

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780199665280 (hbk.)
0199665281 (hbk.)
9780198722984
0198722982

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

421.5209 23 H.S.D

LOC classification:

PE1141 .H67 2013

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library A7	English Department	421.5209 H.S.D (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00015590

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.

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