The history of English spelling - Upward, Christopher; Davidson, George (Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
Introduction and overview -- England and English from the Romans to the Vikings -- The Old English roots of modern English spelling -- The decline and revival of English in the Middle English period -- The Franco-Latin element -- Some sound and spelling developments in middle and modern English -- The Greek contribution -- The exotic input -- Reformers, lexicographers and the parting of the ways.
Includes bibliographical references ( p. [320]-323) and index.
Keywords: English language -- Orthography and spelling -- History; English language -- Etymology