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American English Spelling
An Informal Description
Taschenbuch von D. W. Cummings
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor

D. W. Cummings is emeritus professor of English at Central Washington University. He can be contacted through his website, [...]

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Fachbereich: Geisteswissenschaften allgemein
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780801879562
ISBN-10: 0801879566
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Cummings, D. W.
Hersteller: Johns Hopkins University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: D. W. Cummings
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.12.2003
Gewicht: 0,949 kg
Artikel-ID: 102494176
Über den Autor

D. W. Cummings is emeritus professor of English at Central Washington University. He can be contacted through his website, [...]

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Fachbereich: Geisteswissenschaften allgemein
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780801879562
ISBN-10: 0801879566
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Cummings, D. W.
Hersteller: Johns Hopkins University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: D. W. Cummings
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.12.2003
Gewicht: 0,949 kg
Artikel-ID: 102494176
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