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 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

• 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"