LEADER 03434nam 22005413 450 001 9911026149803321 005 20250127120401.0 010 $a9781781793350 010 $a1781793352 024 7 $a10.3138/9781781793350 035 $a(CKB)4960000000237712 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31887236 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31887236 035 $a(DE-B1597)730857 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781781793350 035 $a(OCoLC)1525272569 035 $a(EXLCZ)994960000000237712 100 $a20250127d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSpellbound $eUntangling English Spelling 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aToronto :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 online resource (186 pages) 311 08$a9781781791318 311 08$a1781791317 311 08$a9781781791301 311 08$a1781791309 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tPart I -- $t1 What Needs Fixing? -- $t2 What Happened to English Spelling? -- $t3 Reading, Spelling, and Illiteracy -- $t4 Reforms for Other Languages -- $t5 Failed Reforms for English -- $t6 Is Reform Possible? -- $tPart II -- $tIntroduction -- $t7 The Criteria for a Better Spelling for English -- $t8 Consonants -- $t9 Stressed Vowels -- $t10 The Unstressed Schwa -- $t11 How Might It Look? -- $t12 English Spelling: Optimal or Absurd? -- $tAppendix: The Table of Vowels -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aSpellbound 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 considers in detail the relatively easily reformed consonants and the much more difficult vowels. Special attention is given to ways of designing a spelling that is equally suitable for the many and diverse dialects of spoken English. While the author recognises that a unified spelling could not be perfect for any single dialect, he argues that it could be very much better than our present spelling for all dialects. Spellbound concludes by looking at possible ways by which reforms might be brought about today. 517 $aSpellbound 606 $aSpellers 606 $aEnglish language$xOrthography and spelling$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 615 0$aSpellers. 615 0$aEnglish language$xOrthography and spelling 676 $a421/.52 700 $aBurling$b Robbins$0142049 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911026149803321 996 $aSpellbound$94433024 997 $aUNINA