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Autore |
Burling Robbins |
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Titolo |
Spellbound : Untangling English Spelling |
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Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (186 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Spellers |
English language - Orthography and spelling |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I -- 1 What Needs Fixing? -- 2 What Happened to English Spelling? -- 3 Reading, Spelling, and Illiteracy -- 4 Reforms for Other Languages -- 5 Failed Reforms for English -- 6 Is Reform Possible? -- Part II -- Introduction -- 7 The Criteria for a Better Spelling for English -- 8 Consonants -- 9 Stressed Vowels -- 10 The Unstressed Schwa -- 11 How Might It Look? -- 12 English Spelling: Optimal or Absurd? -- Appendix: The Table of Vowels -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Spellbound considers the history of English spelling and provides suggestions for modern day reform of its irregularities.The first half of the book reviews the history of English spelling and the reasons for the many irregularities of our modern language. The author argues that the irregular spelling of English contributes seriously to the high rate of illiteracy in the English speaking world. He then reviews some of the many attempts to reform the spelling of other languages, some of which were successful and others not. During the first half of the 20th century there was a flurry of interest in reforms for English but since then reform has been little more than the object of humor. Spellbound considers the reasons for this opposition to reform.The book then turns to current proposals for the reform of English. It describes the criteria that should govern the choice among alternative reforms and |
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