01260cam a22002654a 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700800410003401000170007502000310009202000380012304000210016104200080018205000220019008200180021210000250023024500790025526000420033430000350037650400670041150504040047865000570088265000330093970000220097216669732BD-DhUL20161205162114.0110228s2011    maub     b    001 0 eng    a  2011008794  a9781405190244 (alk. paper)  a9781405190237 (pbk. : alk. paper)  cBD-DhULdBD-DhUL  apcc00aPE1141b.U69 2011  a421.5209bUPH1 aUpward, Christopher.14aThe history of English spelling /cChristopher Upward And George Davidson.  aMalden, MA :bWiley-Blackwell,c2011.  axiii, 376 p. :bmaps ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references ( p. [320]-323) and index.0 aIntroduction 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. 0aEnglish languagexOrthography and spellingxHistory. 0aEnglish languagexEtymology.1 aDavidson, George.