A History of English Spelling

by Donald Scragg

Book Overview

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"