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This book provides an outline history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxon' 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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- Title A History of English Spelling
- Author D. G. Scragg
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 125
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Manchester University Press, Manchester
- Date 2011-08-31
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780719006395 / 0719006392
- Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.32 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 0.81 cm)
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- Cultural Region: British
- Dewey Decimal Code 421.52
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