| Edition |
Revised edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 237 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index. |
| Contents |
Characteristics of writing systems -- Pictograms and logograms -- Syllables -- Alphabets -- History of the English alphabet -- Alternative forms of written English -- English punctuation marks -- The ancestry of spoken English : Indo-European origins -- The Germanic heritage -- Backgrounds of Old English -- Old English pronunciation -- Backgrounds of Middle English : the Norman conquest -- From Old to Middle English -- Middle English pronunciation -- The transition from Middle to Modern English -- Backgrounds of English spelling -- Seventeenth and eighteenth century authoritarianism : backgrounds of the English dictionary -- The English dictionary from the eighteenth century on -- Transplanting the English language to America -- Noah Webster -- Early American spelling -- Alphabet reform -- Simplified spelling -- Rejection of the alphabetic code I : Horace Mann -- Rejection of the alphabetic code II : through the nineteenth century to today -- Emphasizing regular patterns first -- Nonphonemic spelling patterns as an advantage of written English. |
| Subject |
English language -- Phonology, Historical.
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English language -- Orthography and spelling.
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English language -- Pronunciation.
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Reading -- Phonetic method.
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| ISBN |
9781598570366 paperback |
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1598570366 paperback |
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