Upward / Davidson The History of English Spelling

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4297-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: The Language Library

The History of English Spelling reveals the history ofModern English spelling, tracing its origins and development fromOld English up to the present day.
* Includes a wealth of information and data on English spellingnot available anywhere else
* Features a complementary website with additionalmaterial at www.historyofenglishspelling.info
* Includes detailed coverage of the contributions from French,Latin, Greek - and the many other languages - to our currentorthography
* Serves as a companion volume to Geoffrey Hughes's A Historyof English Words in the same series

Autoren/Hrsg.

Upward, Christopher

Davidson, George

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Preface.
Abbreviations and Symbols.
Language Periods Referred to in the Text.
1. Introduction and Overview.
2. England and English from the Romans to the Vikings.
3. The Old English Roots of Modern English Spelling.
4. The Decline and Revival of English in the Middle EnglishPeriod.
5. The Franco-Latin Element.
6. Some Sound and Spelling Developments in Middle and ModernEnglish.
7. The Greek Contribution.
8. The Exotic Input.
9. Reformers, Lexicographers and the Parting of the Ways.
Glossary of Technical Terms.
Bibliography.
Language Index.
Word Index Subject and Author Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher Upward (1938-2002) was a Senior Lecturer inGerman at Aston University in Birmingham until his retirement in1995. For many years Upward was a member of the committee of theSimplified Spelling Society (now known as the EnglishSpelling Society), and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of theSimplified Spelling Society. He was also an Associate Editor ofThe Oxford Companion to the English Language (1992), andprepared two editions of Cut Spelling: A handbook to thesimplification of written English by omission of redundantletters (Simplified Spelling Society 1992, 1996).
George Davidson is a freelance lexicographer, bookcompiler and editor. He has written several books on Englishgrammar, usage, spelling, and vocabulary, such as How toPunctuate (2005) and Improve Your Spelling (2005), andhas edited numerous books, including the 150thAnniversary Edition of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words& Phrases (2002). He has formerly worked as a Frenchteacher and lecturer in linguistics.