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Author : Marco Condorelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 39,56 MB
Release : 2022-04-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1009098144
With a particular focus on the Early Modern English period, this book explores the standardisation of English spelling.
Author : Marco Condorelli
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,47 MB
Release : 2022
Category : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
ISBN : 9781009096812
"Due to its crucial role in the history of English, scholars from different linguistic strands have explored a wide variety of areas in the study of EModE orthography, for example theoretical issues, levels of orthographic change and standardisation, as well as the linguistic and extra-linguistic contexts which shaped and defined the writing system(s) of English. The diverse range of interests in the study of EModE orthography is not surprising, if one considers the outstanding differences in terms of research into the topic, and the number of linguists with divergent fundamental assumptions and methodologies who share an interest in the possibilities, tendencies and reasons for change in the EModE language. Among the most notable remarks, a number of writers have commented on the process of development as a gradual and somehow logical fixing of English spelling. Various contributions to aspects of historical English have also weaved a narrative about EModE spelling as a systemic, well-defined entity. Some of the most relevant publications include those by Foster (1953), Dobson (1955), Hinman (1963), Whalley (1969), Barber (1976), McLeod (1979), Devitt (1989), Görlach (1991; 2001), Salmon (1999), Blake (2000), Smith (2005; 2012), Nevalainen (2006), Moessner (2012) and Rutkowska & Rössler (2012). All of these resources provide a compendium of information about developments and structures in EModE orthography and cover areas like spelling, punctuation and capitalisation"--
Author : Linda Pillière
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 35,85 MB
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1108128971
This path-breaking study of the standardisation of English goes well beyond the traditional prescriptivism versus descriptivism debate. It argues that the way norms are established and enforced is the result of a complex network of social factors and cannot be explained simply by appeals to power and hegemony. It brings together insights from leading researchers to re-centre the discussion on linguistic communities and language users. It examines the philosophy underlying the urge to standardise language, and takes a closer look at both well-known and lesser-known historical dictionaries, grammars and usage guides, demonstrating that they cannot be simply labelled as 'prescriptivist'. Drawing on rich empirical data and case studies, it shows how the norm continues to function in society, influencing and affecting language users even today.
Author : Tessa Daffern
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 32,90 MB
Release : 2020
Category :
ISBN : 9780648343028
The little compendium of Standard English spelling
Author : Mark Sebba
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 47,34 MB
Release : 2007-03-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1139462024
Spelling matters to people. In America and Britain every day, members of the public write to the media on spelling issues, and take part in spelling contests. In Germany, a reform of the spelling system has provoked a constitutional crisis; in Galicia, a 'war of orthographies' parallels an intense public debate on national identity; on walls, bridges and trains globally, PUNX and ANARKISTS proclaim their identities orthographically. The way we spell often represents an attempt to associate with, or dissociate from, other languages. In Spelling and Society, Mark Sebba explores why matters of orthography are of real concern to so many groups, as a reflection of culture, history and social practices, and as a powerful symbol of national or local identity. This 2007 book will be welcomed by students and researchers in English language, orthography and sociolinguistics, and by anyone interested in the importance of spelling in contemporary society.
Author : James Stuart Laurie
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 20,64 MB
Release : 1866
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ISBN :
Author : Edna L. Furness
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 28,53 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Discusses the history and principles of correct English spelling, describes methods of learning to spell, and provides lists of the most difficult words and tips on learning to spell them.
Author : Greg Brooks
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 14,57 MB
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1783741074
This book will tell all you need to know about British English spelling. It's a reference work intended for anyone interested in the English language, especially those who teach it, whatever the age or mother tongue of their students. It will be particularly useful to those wishing to produce well-designed materials for teaching initial literacy via phonics, for teaching English as a foreign or second language, and for teacher training. English spelling is notoriously complicated and difficult to learn; it is correctly described as much less regular and predictable than any other alphabetic orthography. However, there is more regularity in the English spelling system than is generally appreciated. This book provides, for the first time, a thorough account of the whole complex system. It does so by describing how phonemes relate to graphemes and vice versa. It enables searches for particular words, so that one can easily find, not the meanings or pronunciations of words, but the other words with which those with unusual phoneme-grapheme/grapheme-phoneme correspondences keep company. Other unique features of this book include teacher-friendly lists of correspondences and various regularities not described by previous authorities, for example the strong tendency for the letter-name vowel phonemes (the names of the letters ) to be spelt with those single letters in non-final syllables.
Author : Merja Kytö
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1092 pages
File Size : 37,79 MB
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1316472914
English historical linguistics is a subfield of linguistics which has developed theories and methods for exploring the history of the English language. This Handbook provides an account of state-of-the-art research on this history. It offers an in-depth survey of materials, methods, and language-theoretical models used to study the long diachrony of English. The frameworks covered include corpus linguistics, historical sociolinguistics, historical pragmatics and manuscript studies, among others. The chapters, by leading experts, examine the interplay of language theory and empirical data throughout, critically assessing the work in the field. Of particular importance are the diverse data sources which have become increasingly available in electronic form, allowing the discipline to develop in new directions. The Handbook offers access to the rich and many-faceted spectrum of work in English historical linguistics, past and present, and will be useful for researchers and students interested in hands-on research on the history of English.
Author : Sir William Alexander Craigie
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 22,42 MB
Release : 1927
Category : English language
ISBN :