The History Of English Spelling

Author : Christopher Upward,George Davidson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781444342970

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The History of English Spelling by Christopher Upward,George Davidson Pdf

The History of English Spelling “Fifty years ago, G. H. Vallins contributed a book on spelling to the Language Library. Since then, there have been several major surveys, and new opportunities to explore the history of English words. The time is therefore ripe for a fresh presentation, and this is what George Davidson has done, building on the huge collection of historical data amassed by Christopher Upward, and giving it narrative shape. I have been waiting for a source-book like this for a long time, and I’m delighted that it has found a place in this series.” David Crystal, Language Library series editor Few languages are riddled with as many spelling inconsistencies and irregularities as English. Why is there such dissonance between the sounds of English and the spelling used to represent them? The answer lies in the history of the language itself. The History of English Spelling reveals the rich and complex history of Modern English spelling, tracing its origins and development from Old English up to the present day. The book provides a highly detailed, letter-by-letter analysis of the Old English basis of Modern English spelling, followed by in-depth coverage of the contributions from French, Latin, Greek and the many other languages that have contributed to current orthography. Upward and Davidson also explore events in the socio-political history of England as the setting for developments in spelling, along with the works of a number of lexicographers (especially Johnson and Webster), and various proposals for spelling reform. The History of English Spelling reveals the richness of the complex and often frustrating alphabetic spelling system used in the English language. A complementary website with additional research material can be found at www.historyofenglishspelling.info

Author : D. G. Scragg
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : English language
ISBN : 0719005531

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A History of English Spelling by D. G. Scragg Pdf

Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847658227

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Spell It Out by David Crystal Pdf

Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their foreign ears, and it stuck. Seventy-five per cent of English spelling is regular but twenty-five per cent is complicated, and in Spell It Out our foremost linguistics expert David Crystal extends a helping hand to the confused and curious alike. He unearths the stories behind the rogue words that confound us, and explains why these peculiarities entered the mainstream, in an epic journey taking in sixth century monks, French and Latin upstarts, the Industrial Revolution and the internet. By learning the history and the principles, Crystal shows how the spellings that break all the rules become easier to get right.

Author : Greg Brooks
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783741076

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Dictionary of the British English Spelling System by Greg Brooks Pdf

This book will tell all you need to know about British English spelling. It's a reference work intended for anyone interested in the English language, especially those who teach it, whatever the age or mother tongue of their students. It will be particularly useful to those wishing to produce well-designed materials for teaching initial literacy via phonics, for teaching English as a foreign or second language, and for teacher training. English spelling is notoriously complicated and difficult to learn; it is correctly described as much less regular and predictable than any other alphabetic orthography. However, there is more regularity in the English spelling system than is generally appreciated. This book provides, for the first time, a thorough account of the whole complex system. It does so by describing how phonemes relate to graphemes and vice versa. It enables searches for particular words, so that one can easily find, not the meanings or pronunciations of words, but the other words with which those with unusual phoneme-grapheme/grapheme-phoneme correspondences keep company. Other unique features of this book include teacher-friendly lists of correspondences and various regularities not described by previous authorities, for example the strong tendency for the letter-name vowel phonemes (the names of the letters ) to be spelt with those single letters in non-final syllables.

Author : Marco Condorelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781009098144

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Standardising English Spelling by Marco Condorelli Pdf

With a particular focus on the Early Modern English period, this book explores the standardisation of English spelling.

Author : Adam Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351621861

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Understanding and Teaching English Spelling by Adam Brown Pdf

Concise and engaging, this text provides pre-service and practicing English language teachers with the knowledge they need to successfully teach the spelling of English. Offering context and explanation for the English spelling system as well as uniquely addressing specific problems in learning the spelling of English words, this book empowers readers with strategies for coping with these problems. Divided into six accessible sections, Brown covers the history of English spelling, the influence of technology on spelling, the role of punctuation, the features of present-day English spelling, teaching strategies for coping with difficult spelling, and the future of spelling and literacy. The short, digestible chapters include practical learning objectives and end-of-chapter exercises to help teachers understand and explain English spelling concepts.

Author : William Fordyce 1758-1837 Mavor
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1013919521

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The English Spelling Book by William Fordyce 1758-1837 Mavor Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : D. W. Cummings
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1988-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801834430

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American English Spelling by D. W. Cummings Pdf

In this study of the English language as it is spelled in America, D. W. Cummings demonstrates that behind the apparent disorder of spelling in American English lies a self-regulating and self-reorganizing system that is responsive to four kinds of imperative: phonetic, semantic, etymological, and systemic. Cummings offers a systematic theory of orthography and applies this theory to the American English vocabulary with numerous examples. Cummings also describes the explication of written words into their elements, particles, and processes, and he sets out the tactical and procedural rules that control the distribution and sequencing of vowels and consonants. In the largest section of the book, he provides an exhaustive description of the major and minor correspondences between the sounds of American English words and their spellings. An essential reference work, American English Spelling moves beyond questions of how words are spelled to an understanding of why they are spelled as they are.

Author : David Wolman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780061981975

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Righting the Mother Tongue by David Wolman Pdf

“A funny and fact-filled look at our astoundingly inconsistent written language, from Shakespeare to spell-check.” —St. Petersburg Times David Wolman explores seven hundred years of trial, error, and reform that have made the history of English spelling a jumbled and fascinating mess. In Righting the Mother Tongue, theauthor of A Left-Hand Turn Around the World brings us the tangled story of English Spelling, from Olde English to email. Utterly captivating, deliciously edifying, and extremely witty, Righting the Mother Tongue is a treat for the language lover—a book that belongs in every personal library, right next to Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, and the works of Bill Bryson and Simon Winchester.

Author : Paquita Boston
Publisher : DoctorZed Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780975674437

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The Inside Story on English Spelling by Paquita Boston Pdf

Ever wondered why ‘his’ doesn’t have a Z? Or what on Earth is O doing in ‘won’? Ever asked why GH is in through? Or what is the point of silent letters? At last a book which spills the beans on English spelling. English spelling has rules and lots of them. Paquita Boston explains why English spelling is so difficult, much harder than spelling in most other languages. Boston also reveals the various codes that govern English spelling and describes how these codes are keys to hidden treasure, the cultural inheritance of all English speaking people. Boston treats spelling as a game as serious as any sport, with as many rules and as many game changes. After reading this book you’ll actually enjoy spelling and no longer view English as a ‘funny language without many spelling rules’. Instead, you will want to share the inside story on English spelling with young and old.

Author : Edward Carney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134872237

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A Survey of English Spelling by Edward Carney Pdf

Published at a time when literacy and spelling are issues of topical concern, A Survey of English Spelling offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date overview of this important but hitherto neglected area of the English language. The text brings together a vast body of knowledge, both synthesised from diverse sources and original, unpublished research. The emphasis is on a functional exploration of the spelling regularities and markers that underpin literacy in English. An extensive database has been used throughout to provide a wealth of examples, statistics and analyses. The carefully signposted text and detailed contents listing allow students, professionals, teachers and academics in all areas of English Language, Linguistics and Speech Pathology to access specific information with ease.

Author : Simon Horobin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780199665280

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Does Spelling Matter? by Simon Horobin Pdf

The 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.

Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Picador
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1250056128

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Spell It Out by David Crystal Pdf

THE FASCINATING AND SURPRISING HISTORY OF ENGLISH SPELLING FROM DAVID CRYSTAL, EVERYONE'S FAVORITE EXPERT LOGOPHILE With The Story of English in 100 Words, David Crystal took us on a tour through the history of our language. Now, with Spell It Out, he takes on the task of answering all the questions about how we spell: "Why is English spelling so difficult?" Or "Why are good spellers so proud of their achievement that when they see a misspelling they condemn the writer as sloppy, lazy, or uneducated?" In thirty-seven short, engaging and informative chapters, Crystal takes readers on a history of English spelling, starting with the Roman missionaries' sixth century introduction of the Roman alphabet and ending with where the language might be going. He looks individually at each letter in the alphabet and its origins. He considers the question of vowels and how people developed a way to tell whether or not it was long or short. He looks at influences from other cultures, and explains how English speakers understood that the "o" in "hopping" was a short vowel, rather than the long vowel of "hoping". If you've ever asked yourself questions like "Why do the words "their", "there" and "they're" sound alike, but mean very different things?" or "How can we tell the difference between "charge" the verb and "charge" the noun?" David Crystal's Spell It Out will spell it all out for you.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:934538566

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A History of English Spelling by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sir James Pitman,John Richard St. John
Publisher : London : Pitman
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015009087001

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Alphabets and Reading by Sir James Pitman,John Richard St. John Pdf