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Following the continued success of a wave of spelling and punctuation titles published in the past eighteen months, James Essinger's 'Spellbound' is an engagingly written, unique and comprehensive account of why the English language is riddled with words that are difficult to spell. Starting with an analysis of the first writing systems, via the origins of English spelling and how this has evolved, the book concludes with the intriguing stories of the development of the spelling of many hard-to-spell words. 'Spellbound' lays bare many fascinating stories of the history of the words we speak every day. It reveals answers to the mystery of why many words are, on the face of it, spelled in such an irrational, chaotic and illogical manner. Explaining why we should care about spelling, the book is an entertaining and practical guide to effective communication, as well as an original historical study of one of the most curious linguistic phenomena in the world.
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- EditoreRobson Books Ltd
- Data di pubblicazione2006
- ISBN 10 186105906X
- ISBN 13 9781861059062
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine224
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Spellbound: The Improbable Story of English Spelling
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ISBN 10: 186105906X
ISBN 13: 9781861059062
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover, xxv + 254 pages, index, NOT ex-library. Half-title page with Author's inscription to the previous owner. A clean and bright copy with unmarked text, firmly bound. Near fine dust jacket. -- Following the continued success of a wave of spelling and punctuation titles published in the past eighteen months, James Essinger's 'Spellbound' is an engagingly written, unique and comprehensive account of why the English language is riddled with words that are difficult to spell. Starting with an analysis of the first writing systems, via the origins of English spelling and how this has evolved, the book concludes with the intriguing stories of the development of the spelling of many hard-to-spell words. 'Spellbound' lays bare many fascinating stories of the history of the words we speak every day. It reveals answers to the mystery of why many words are, on the face of it, spelled in such an irrational, chaotic and illogical manner. Explaining why we should care about spelling, the book is an entertaining and practical guide to effective communication, as well as an original historical study of one of the most curious linguistic phenomena in the world. -- Contents: Part One: Spelling in Action: 1 Method in the Madness? 2 Visible Thought; Part Two: From A to Z: 3 Alphabets - the Upsides and Downsides 4 Where Our Alphabet Came From; Part Three: Why English Spelling Is the Way It Is: 5 Before English Existed 6 How Anglo-Saxon Spelling Evolved 7 The Norman Conquest 8 A Century of Revolutionary Change 9 The First Dictionaries 10 The Recent Past, the Present and the Future. Inscribed by Author(s). Codice articolo 004220
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