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03298aam a2200433 i 4500 001 88B9A468EB8111E2953EC97BDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 130408s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013010521 020 $a 1250003474 (hbk.) 020 $a 9781250003478 (hbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)811597563 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d IG# $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d SINLB $d YDXCP $d IH7 $d JQM $d WIM $d T7L $d SILO 050 00 $a PE1141 $b .C79 2013 082 00 $a 421/.52 $2 23 100 1 $a Crystal, David, $d 1941- 245 10 $a Spell it out : $b the curious, enthralling and extraordinary story of English spelling / $c David Crystal. 250 $a First U.S. edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2013. 300 $a vii, 328 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 500 $a Previously published by Profile Books, London, 2012. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 505 00 $t Towards a linguistics of spelling. $t The beginning -- $t The size of the problem -- $t Building the alphabet: letter origins -- $t The basic weaknesses: hope for us all -- $t Keeping things long: more than letters -- $t Keeping things short: spelling as tragedy -- $t The first exceptions -- $t Seeing the link: forensic spelling -- $t Know your Latin and French: spelling as reputation -- $t New letters for the old -- $t Old letters in new words: Tarzan learns to read -- $t Old sounds in new positions: spelling as stratagem -- $t New sounds in old places -- $t More exceptions: avoiding the vulgar -- $t Showing the difference: Charles Dickens and his characters reflect upon spelling -- $t Noting the similarity: silent letters -- $t New sounds in old letters -- $t A printer's practice: Mark Twain on spelling -- $t The urge to reform: George Bernard Shaw on spelling -- $t Remembering Latin -- $t More etymologies: a word I always mispell -- $t Famous spellings -- $t Spelling 'rules': Mrs Malaprop on reading and spelling -- $t The role of personalities -- $t Another personality -- $t Printers and publishers: spelling wars -- $t Changing practices: Roger McGough on spelling -- $t The internet: lower case only -- $t Showing identity -- $t Unpredictability: Ogden Nash on names -- $t Exotic vowels: disenvowelling -- $t Exotic consonants: the spread of education -- $t Spelling noises: unspellable noises -- $t Abbreviating -- $t Learning the system: George Crabbe on learning -- $t The future of English spelling. $t A teaching appendix: $t Avoiding isloation ; $t Towards a linguistics of spelling. 520 $a Presents a history of English spelling through chapters that cover such topics as the introduction of the Roman alphabet, each letter's origins, and the development of long and short vowels. 650 0 $a English language $x Orthography and spelling. 650 0 $a English language $x History. $x History. 941 $a 9 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417012542.0 952 $l N2AX314 $d 20210728020116.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722040355.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204065505.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110051429.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180105062051.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826074541.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20140816010756.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20130918144231.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=88B9A468EB8111E2953EC97BDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IW9Initiate Another SILO Locator Search