Does Spelling Matter?

Zusatztext There's plenty of interesting information here ... Horobin is a sane, sensible guide Informationen zum Autor Simon Horobin is Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College. He has written extensively on the history of the English Language and is the author of An Introduction to Middle English and Chaucer's Language. Klappentext This book 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. Zusammenfassung This book 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Writing Systems 3: Beginnings 4: Invasion and Revision 5: Renaissance and Reford 6: Fixing Spelling 7: American Spelling 8: Spelling Today and Tomorrow Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Simon Horobin, Simon (University of Oxford Horobin, Horobin Simon
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.03.2013
• EAN: 9780199665280
• ISBN: 978-0-19-966528-0
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 222 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Arts / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Writing systems, alphabets, Educational: English language & literacy, Educational: First / native language