A history of English spelling: 3 (Mont Follick Series) - Softcover

Scragg, D. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719006392 ISBN 13: 9780719006395

Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2011

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Book by Scragg D G

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Reseña del editor:

This book provides an outline history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons' adoption of the Roman alphabet to the present day. It shows the respective influences on modern usage of native French and Latin orthographies and attempts a definition of the manner in which spelling stabilised. A final chapter traces changing notions of correctness in spelling during the last four centuries, and also gives a summary of the principle movements for its reform in favour of a more consistent and phonetic system of notion. Students in higher education specialising in English or linguistics and also those studying other languages at an advanced level should find this a useful book. The general reader with an interest in the history of his language or the question of spelling will find it most readable.

Biografía del autor:

D.G. Scragg is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Studies at the University of Manchester. -- .

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• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0719006392
• ISBN 13: 9780719006395
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 148