A History of English Spelling
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This book provides an outline history 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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0719006392
ISBN13:9780719006395
Release Date:August 2011
Publisher:Manchester University Press
Length:125 Pages
Weight:0.39 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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