An edition of Spell it out
(2012)
Spell it out
the curious, enthralling and extraordinary story of English spelling
First U.S. edition.
by David Crystal
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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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Spell it out: the curious, enthralling and extraordinary story of English spelling
2013
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- First U.S. edition.
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Spell it out: the singular story of English spelling
2012, Profile Books
in English
1846685672 9781846685675
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Table of 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 the 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.
A teaching appendix:
Avoiding isloation ;
Towards a linguistics of spelling.
Edition Notes
Previously published by Profile Books, London, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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