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Informationen zum Autor Christopher Upward (1938-2002) was a Senior Lecturer in German at Aston University, Birmingham until 1995. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Simplified Spelling Society , an Associate Editor of The Oxford Companion to the English Language (1992) and author of Cut Spelling: A handbook to the simplification of written English by omission of redundant letters (1992 and 1996). George Davidson is a freelance lexicographer, book compiler and editor. He has written several books on English grammar, usage, spelling and vocabulary, such as How to Punctuate (2005) and Improve Your Spelling (2005), and has edited numerous books, including the 150th Anniversary Edition of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words & Phrases (2002). He has formerly worked as a French teacher and lecturer in linguistics. Klappentext The History of English Spelling reveals the history of Modern English spelling, tracing its origins and development from Old English up to the present day.* Includes a wealth of information and data on English spelling not available anywhere else* Features a complementary website with additional material at www.historyofenglishspelling.info* Includes detailed coverage of the contributions from French, Latin, Greek - and the many other languages - to our current orthography* Serves as a companion volume to Geoffrey Hughes's A History of English Words in the same series Zusammenfassung * Includes a wealth of information and data on English spelling not available anywhere else * Features a complementary website with additional material at www. historyofenglishspelling. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures and Tables viii Preface ix Abbreviations and Symbols xi Language Periods Referred to in the Text xiv 1 Introduction and Overview 1 2 England and English from the Romans to the Vikings 14 3 The Old English Roots of Modern English Spelling 33 4 The Decline and Revival of English in the Middle English Period 65 5 The Franco-Latin Element 86 6 Some Sound and Spelling Developments in Middle and Modern English 173 7 The Greek Contribution 194 8 The Exotic Input 228 9 Reformers, Lexicographers and the Parting of the Ways 293 Glossary of Technical Terms 315 Bibliography 320 Language and Dialect Index 324 Word and Word-Element Index 328 General Index 373 ...
