A history of English spelling

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Author: D. G. ScraggISBN: 9780719006395Publisher: Manchester University PressYear first published: 31 Aug 2011Pages: 125 Format: Paperback / softbackThis book provides an outline h istory of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxon' 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 -- . Show more