Description: Further DetailsTitle: American English SpellingCondition: NewSubtitle: An Informal DescriptionISBN-10: 0801879566EAN: 9780801879562ISBN: 9780801879562Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/01/2004Description: In this study of the English language as it is spelled in America, D. W. Cummings demonstrates that behind the apparent disorder of spelling in American English lies a self-regulating and self-reorganizing system that is responsive to four kinds of imperative: phonetic, semantic, etymological, and systemic. Cummings offers a systematic theory of orthography and applies this theory to the American English vocabulary with numerous examples. Cummings also describes the explication of written words into their elements, particles, and processes, and he sets out the tactical and procedural rules that control the distribution and sequencing of vowels and consonants. In the largest section of the book, he provides an exhaustive description of the major and minor correspondences between the sounds of American English words and their spellings. An essential reference work, American English Spelling moves beyond questions of how words are spelled to an understanding of why they are spelled as they are.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 871gAuthor: D. W. CummingsGenre: Language & ReferenceRelease Year: 2004 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: American English Spelling
Title: American English Spelling
Subtitle: An Informal Description
ISBN-10: 0801879566
EAN: 9780801879562
ISBN: 9780801879562
Release Date: 03/01/2004
Release Year: 2004
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Language & Reference
Number of Pages: 592 Pages
Publication Name: American English Spelling : an Informal Description
Language: English
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Item Height: 1.3 in
Subject: Vocabulary, Linguistics / General
Publication Year: 2004
Item Weight: 32.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: D. W. Cummings
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Width: 6.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
