Description
English Spelling
Language Workbooks Series
Author: Carney Edward
Language: English
Subject for English Spelling:
Keywords
consonant; letter; short; vowels; vowel; unstressed; syllable; complex; spellings; word; Fes Tive; Ba Rrow; LONG vowEL; NAM; K Id N A P; P I Cca; IJ; Short Vowel Pairs; Minimal Free Form; CISE; Great Vowel Shift; Consonant Letter; Vowel Spellings; Short Vowels; Single Consonant Letter; Rhotic Accents; LPD; Spelling Pronunciation; Consonant Letter Doubling; Single Letter Spelling; Empty Letter; Non-rhotic Accents; Consonant Phonemes; Redundant Letters; Correspondence Rules
Publication date: 07-1997
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 08-2016
· 17.4x24.6 cm · Hardback
Description
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English Spelling explores the rules and conventions on which present-day English spelling is based.
This Language Workbook:
* Examines how speech-sounds map onto each other
* Explores the extent to which words sound identical or look identical
* Analyzes various kinds of spelling mistakes
* Looks at the main differences between American and British spelling
* Shows how and why the names of people and places may vary from expected spelling conventions
* Deals with the punctuation of words by apostrophes, hyphens and capitalisation
* Considers several possible approaches to spelling reform
