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Upward, Christopher.

The history of English spelling / Christopher Upward And George Davidson. - Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - xiii, 376 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references ( p. [320]-323) and index.

Introduction and overview -- England and English from the Romans to the Vikings -- The Old English roots of modern English spelling -- The decline and revival of English in the Middle English period -- The Franco-Latin element -- Some sound and spelling developments in middle and modern English -- The Greek contribution -- The exotic input -- Reformers, lexicographers and the parting of the ways.

9781405190244 (alk. paper) 9781405190237 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2011008794


English language--Orthography and spelling--History.
English language--Etymology.

PE1141 / .U69 2011

421.5209 / UPH
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