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BL
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1012129
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b766499
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| Main Entry
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Sebba, Mark.
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| Title & Author
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Spelling and society : : the culture and politics of orthography around the world /\ Mark Sebba.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2007.
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xix, 189 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0511272901
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: 051127369X
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: 0511274491
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: 0511275196
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: 0511320949
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: 0511486731
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: 0521300754
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: 1107164648
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: 1280815434
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: 6610815437
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: 9780511272905
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: 9780511273698
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: 9780511274497
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: 9780511275197
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: 9780511320941
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: 9780511486739
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: 9780521300759
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: 9781107164642
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: 9781280815430
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: 9786610815432
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0521848458
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9780521848459
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-182) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Diagrams; Tables; Acknowledgements; Note on transcription; Introduction: society and orthography; 1 Approaching orthography; 2 Orthography as social practice; 3 Language contact, linguists and the emergence of orthographies; 4 'Postcolonial' Orthographies; 5 Between language and dialect: orthography in unstandardised and standardising vernaculars; 6 Reform or revolution: where angels fear to tread; 7 Why do we spell?; Glossary; References; General Index; lndex of language names; Index of surnames.
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| Abstract
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Discusses the cultural and political importance of spelling in modern society from a sociolinguistic viewpoint.
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Language and languages-- Orthography and spelling.
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Sociolinguistics.
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Language and languages-- Orthography and spelling.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Alphabets Writing Systems.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Spelling.
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Rechtschreibung
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Sociolinguistics.
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Soziolinguistik
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Sociale aspecten.
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Spelling.
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| Dewey Classification
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411
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| LC Classification
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P240.2.S43 2007eb
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