American English Spelling: An Informal Description
In this study of the English language as it is spelled in America, D. W. Cummings demonstrates that behind the apparent disorder of spelling in American English lies a self-regulating and self-reorganizing system that is responsive to four kinds of imperative: phonetic, semantic, etymological, and systemic. Cummings offers a systematic theory of orthography and applies this theory to the American English vocabulary with numerous examples. Cummings also describes the explication of written words into their elements, particles, and processes, and he sets out the tactical and procedural rules that control the distribution and sequencing of vowel…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8018-7956-2
- EAN: 9780801879562
- Produktnummer: 9942795
- Verlag: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 592 S.
- Masse: H23.9 cm x B15.7 cm x D3.7 cm 871 g
- Auflage: Hardcover Publi
- Gewicht: 871
- Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.
Über den Autor
D. W. Cummings is emeritus professor of English at Central Washington University. He can be contacted through his website, www.dwcummings.com.
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