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Crystal, David, 1941-
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English language -- Orthography and spelling.
English language -- Orthography and spelling -- History.
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Crystal, David, 1941-
English language -- Orthography and spelling.
English language -- Orthography and spelling -- History.
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Spell it out : the curious, enthralling and extraordinary story of English spelling / David Crystal.
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Crystal, David, 1941-
St. Martin's Press, 2013.
Call #:
421
.52
C957s
Subjects
English language -- Orthography and spelling.
English language -- Orthography and spelling -- History.
ISBN:
9781250003478 (hc.)
1250003474 (hc.)
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Description:
vii, 328 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Originally published by London : Profile Books, 2012.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (page [293]) and indexes.
Contents:
The nature of the problem : Pooh and his friends on spelling -- The beginning -- The size of the problem -- Building the alphabet : letter origins -- The basic weaknesses : hope for us all -- Keeping things long : more than letters -- Keeping things short : spelling as tragedy -- The first exceptions -- Seeing the link : forensic spelling -- Know your Latin and French : spelling as reputation -- New letters for old -- Old letters in new words : Tarzan learns to read -- Old sounds in new positions : spelling as stratagem -- New sounds in old places -- More exceptions : avoiding the vulgar -- Showing the difference : Charles Dickens and his characters reflect upon spelling -- Noting the similarity : silent letters -- New sounds in old letters -- A printer's practice : Mark Twain on spelling -- The urge to reform : George Bernard Shaw on spelling -- Remembering Latin -- More etymologies : a word I always mispell -- Famous spellings -- Spelling 'rules' : Mrs Malaprop on reading and spelling -- The role of personalities -- Another personality -- Printers and publishers : spelling wars -- Changing practices : Roger McGough on spelling -- The Internet : lower case only -- Showing identity -- Unpredictability : Ogden Nash on names -- Exotic vowels : disenvowelling -- Exotic consonants : the spread of education -- Spelling noises : unspellable noises -- Abbreviating -- Learning the system : George Crabbe on learning -- The future of English spelling.
Summary:
Presents a history of English spelling through chapters that cover such topics as the introduction of the Roman alphabet, each letter's origins, and the development of long and short vowels.
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