Does Spelling Matter?
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...
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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 zu „Does Spelling Matter? “
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
Autoren-Porträt von Simon Horobin
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Simon Horobin
- 288 Seiten, mit Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 14,5 x 22,2 cm, Gebunden
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199665281
- ISBN-13: 9780199665280
- Erscheinungsdatum: 28.03.2013
Rezension zu „Does Spelling Matter? “
[A] lucid and fascinating study. Patrick West, Times Literary Supplement This book is a sane, comprehensive and authoritative lesson in why we spell the way we do and why, in order to preserve the richness, subtlety and history of our language, it is right that we keep doing so. Simon Heffer, New Statesman There's plenty of interesting information here ... Horobin is a sane, sensible guide Henry Hitchings, The Guardian
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