A Survey of English Spelling

by Edward Carney

Overview

Published at a time when literacy and spelling are issues of topical concern, A Survey of English Spelling offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date overview of this important but hitherto neglected area of the English language.
The text brings together a vast body of knowledge, both synthesised from diverse sources and original, unpublished research. The emphasis is on a functional exploration of the spelling regularities and markers that underpin literacy in English.
An extensive database has been used throughout to provide a wealth of examples, statistics and analyses. The carefully signposted text and detailed contents listing allow students, professionals, teachers and academics in all areas of English Language, Linguistics and Speech Pathology to access specific information with ease.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134872237
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/21/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	564
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Edward Carney is at the University of Manchester.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, PREFACE, CONVENTIONS, SYMBOLS AND TECHNICAL TERMS, 1. ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO DESCRIBING ENGLISH SPELLING, 2. LITERACY AND ENGLISH SPELLING: METHODS AND PROBLEMS, 3. SPEECH-TO-TEXT CORRESPONDENCES: ENCODING, 4. TEXT-TO-SPEECH CORRESPONDENCES: DECODING, 5. IDENTICAL FORMS: HOMOGRAPHS AND HOMOPHONES, 6. CONVENTIONS USED IN THE SPELLING OF NAMES, 7. STANDARDIZATION AND SPELLING REFORM, REFERENCES, GENERAL INDEX SELECTIVE WORD INDEX, INDEX OF SPELLING CORRESPONDENCES, INDEX OF INITIAL AND FINAL LETTER STRINGS IN WORDS, INDEX OF SPELLING ERRORS AND RE-SPELLINGS