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Description for Spellbound
Hardcover. This book has two parts. The first six chapters are relatively general. They review the history of English spelling and the reasons for the many irregularities of our modern language. The second part of the book is more technical. The criteria that should govern the choice among alternative reforms are described with care. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 1419.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781791301
SKU
V9781781791301
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About Robbins Burling
Robbins Burling graduated from Yale University in 1950 and received his PhD from Harvard in 1958. Between these dates he spent two years in Northeastern India, conducting an ethnographic and linguistic study of an ethnic group known as the Garos. He joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in 1957 and moved to the University of Michigan in 1963, ... Read more
Reviews for Spellbound
Burling...effectively explore[s] the history of English spelling and the 'mass of messy problems' that would need to be resolved if reform were to succeed, problems related to accommodating variant dialects of English and overcoming resistance to change.
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