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Does spelling matter?

autor
titel
Does spelling matter?
verlag
Oxford University Press (zum buch)
ort
Oxford, UK
datum
isbn
978-0-19-966528-0
ausstattung, umfang
hardcover, 272 s.
umschlag
umschlag

Inhalt

1

Introduction

1

2

Writing systems

16

3

Beginnings

39

4

Invasion and revision

77

5

Renaissance and reform

109

6

Fixing spelling

144

7

American spelling

185

8

Spelling today and tomorrow

212

 

Further reading

253

Verlagstext

This book narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day, charting the various changes that have taken place and the impact these have had on the way we spell today. While good spelling is seen as socially and educationally desirable, many people struggle to spell common words like accommodate, occurrence, dependent. Is it our spelling system that is to blame, and should we therefore reform English spelling to make it easier to learn? Or are such calls for change further evidence of the dumbing-down of our educational standards, also witnessed by the tolerance of poor spelling in text-messaging and email? This book evaluates such views by considering previous attempts to reform the spelling of English and other languages, while also looking critically at claims that the electronic age heralds the demise of correct spelling.

Readership: General readers with an interest in the origins of English spelling, its history and debates concerning reform and standardisation. A level and undergraduate students of English Language.

Kritik

Simon Heffer, New Statesman (zitiert nach oup.com)

This book is a sane, comprehensive and authoritative lesson in why we spell the way we do and why, in order to preserve the richness, subtlety and history of our language, it is right that we keep doing so.