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020 _a9780199665280 (hbk.)
020 _a0199665281 (hbk.)
020 _a9780198722984
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082 0 4 _a421.5209
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100 1 _aHorobin, Simon.
245 1 0 _aDoes spelling matter? /
_cSimon Horobin.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2013.
300 _ax, 270 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 256-259) and indexes.
505 0 _a1. 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.
520 8 _aThis 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.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xOrthography and spelling
_xHistory.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xEtymology.
650 0 _aSpelling reform.
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