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Index
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Background to the English writing system
Part I Theory and the English writing system
3 English among the writing systems of the world rights
4 Linguists’ descriptions of the English writing system
5 Phonology and English spelling
6 Punctuation
Part II The history and development of the English writing system
7 The etymological inputs into English spelling
8 Changing functions: English spelling before 1600
9 Modernization and standardization since the seventeenth century
10 Spelling variation as documented in historical dictionaries: The OED as a test case
11 Accent variation reflected in the standard writing system of English
Part III Learning and teaching English
12 Children’s first language acquisition of the English writing system
13 Teaching literacy to English children: Policy and practice
14 Dyslexia and the English writing system
15 The structure of literacy teaching: A case study from England
Part IV Society and the English writing system in the world
16 Sociolinguistics and the English writing system
17 The evolution of British and American spelling
18 The spelling of Scots: tradition, adaptation and reform
19 Irish English and the English writing system
20 Eye dialect and pronunciation respelling in the USA
21 The orthography of English-lexicon pidgins and creoles
22 The English writing system in the linguistic landscapes of the world
23 Japanese uses of the English writing system: A case study
24 Spelling reform
Part V Processing the written symbol
25 Typography and the printed English text
26 Processing the written word
27 Computer-mediated communication and the English writing system
28 Texting and other messaging:Written system in digitally mediated vernaculars
29 Spellcheckers
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