Title:
Does spelling matter?
Author:
Horobin, Simon
ISBN:
9780199665280
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
x, 270 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Writing systems -- 3. Beginnings -- 4. Invasion and revision -- 5. Renaissance and reform -- 6. Fixing spelling -- 7. American spelling -- 8. Spelling today and tomorrow.
Abstract:
This title narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day. It also examines the changing attitudes to spelling, including numerous proposals for spelling reform, ranging from the introduction of new alphabets to more modest attempts to rid English of its silent letters, and the differing agendas they reveal.