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" The history of English spelling / "
Christopher Upward And George Davidson
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BL
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664426
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| Main Entry
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Upward, Christopher
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The history of English spelling /\ Christopher Upward And George Davidson
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xiii, 376 pages :: illustrations, maps,; 23 cm
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9781405190244
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: 1405190248
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: 9781405190237
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: 140519023X
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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| Contents
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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
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English language-- Orthography and spelling-- History
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English language-- Etymology
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| Dewey Classification
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421/.5209
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PE1141.U69 2011
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Davidson, George
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