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Autore |
Upward Christopher |
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Titolo |
The history of English spelling [[electronic resource] /] / Christopher Upward and George Davidson |
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Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
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9786613178213 |
1-4443-4299-1 |
1-283-17821-4 |
1-4443-4296-7 |
1-4443-4297-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (476 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Orthography and spelling - History |
English language - Etymology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction and overview -- England and English from the Romans to the Vikings -- The Old English roots of modern English spelling -- The decline and revival of English in the Middle English period -- The Franco-Latin element -- Some sound and spelling developments in middle and modern English -- The Greek contribution -- The exotic input -- Reformers, lexicographers and the parting of the ways. |
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