American English Spelling: An Informal Description - Rilegato

Cummings, D. W.

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ISBN 10: 0801834430 ISBN 13: 9780801834431

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1988

Riassunto

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 vowels and consonants. In the largest section of the book, he provides an exhaustive description of the major and minor correspondences between the sounds of American English words and their spellings. An essential reference work,American English Spelling moves beyond questions of how words are spelled to an understanding ofwhy they are spelled as they are.

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L'autore:

D. W. Cummings is emeritus professor of English at Central Washington University. He can be contacted through his website, www.dwcummings.com.

Product Description:

CUMMINGS, D. W. AMERICAN ENGLISH SPELLING. AN INFORMAL DESCRIPTION [HARDBACK] . BALTIMORE, MD, 1988, xxxiv 556 p.,. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0801834430
• ISBN 13: 9780801834431
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 592