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Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., Brookes Publishing
Language
English
Pages
256

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Subjects
Phonetic method, English language, Historical Phonology, Pronunciation, Reading, Orthography and spelling, English language, orthography and spelling, English language, phonology, English language, pronunciation, Civic centers, City halls, City planning, Buildings, structures, Buildings

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2009, Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., Brookes Publishing
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Table of Contents

Preface
Foreword / Jeanne S. Chall
Foreword / Marilyn Jager Adams
Introduction
1. Characteristics of Writing Systems
2. Pictograms and Logograms
3. Syllables
4. Alphabets
5. History of the English Alphabet
6. Alternative Forms of Written English
7. English Punctuation Marks
8. The Ancestry of Spoken English: Indo-European Origins
9. The Germanic Heritage
10. Backgrounds of Old English
11. Old English Pronunciation
12. Backgrounds of Middle English: The Norman Conquest
13. From Old to Middle English
14. Middle English Pronunciation
15. The Transition from Middle to Modern English
16. Backgrounds of English Spelling
17. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Authoritarianism: Backgrounds of the English Dictionary
18. The English Dictionary from the Eighteenth Century on
19. Transplanting the English Language to America
20. Noah Webster
21. Early American Spelling
22. Alphabet Reform
23. Simplified Spelling
24. Rejection of the Alphabetic Code I: Horace Mann
25. Rejection of the Alphabetic Code II: Through the Nineteenth Century to Today
26. Emphasizing Regular Patterns First
27. Nonphonemic Spelling Patterns as an Advantage of Written English
Epilogue
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
421/.5
Library of Congress
PE1133 .B26 2009, PE1133.B26 2009

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p. cm.
Number of pages
256

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OL23153053M
ISBN 10
1598570366
ISBN 13
9781598570366
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2009000654
OCLC/WorldCat
298325813
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