English Words and their Spelling: A History of Phonological ConflictsISBN: 978-1-86156-489-4
Paperback
142 pages
June 2005
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Foreword by David Crystal.
Preface.
Chapter 1. The Indo-European family of languages.
Chapter 2. The Celts.
Chapter 3. Roman Britain.
Chapter 4. The arrival of Germanic peoples.
Chapter 5. How the English language came to be written.
Chapter 6. Our heritage from Old English.
Chapter 7. That fateful arrow.
Chapter 8. A double whammy.
Chapter 9. The scientific revolution.
Chapter 10. Exploration, trade, conquest and globalization.
Appendix.
References and bibliography.
Index.
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