Does Spelling Matter?

Neuausgabe 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-966528-0
Verlag: Sinauer Associates Is an Imprint of Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This book narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day, charting the various changes that have taken place and the impact these have had on the way we spell today. While good spelling is seen as socially and educationally desirable, many people struggle to spell common words like accommodate, occurrence, dependent. Is it our spelling system that is to blame, and should we therefore reform English spelling to make it easier to
learn? Or are such calls for change further evidence of the dumbing-down of our educational standards, also witnessed by the tolerance of poor spelling in text-messaging and email? This book evaluates such views by considering previous attempts to reform the spelling of English and other languages, while
also looking critically at claims that the electronic age heralds the demise of correct spelling.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horobin, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schrift, Paläographie, Orthographie

Über Autor(innen)

Simon Horobin is Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College. He has written extensively on the history of the English Language and is the author of An Introduction to Middle English and Chaucer's Language.