A History of English Spelling

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

• | Author: D. G. Scragg
• | Publisher: Manchester University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 31, 2011
• | Number of Pages: 125 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0719006392
• | ISBN-13: 9780719006395