| Author |
Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford, 1838-1915 |
| LoC No. |
09026304
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| Title |
English spelling and spelling reform
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| Original Publication |
United States: Harper and Brothers, 1909.
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| Note |
"The main ideas underlying the treatment here found of English orthography were embodied in an article which appeared in the Atlantic monthly for June, 1907."--Pref.
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| Contents |
Confessions of a spelling reformer -- Attitude of the educated -- The orthographic situation: The problem. Movement of vowel-sounds. The vowels. The digraphs. The consonants -- The question of Honor -- Methods of relief -- Objections, real or reputed: Loss of knowledge of derivation. Likeness of spelling in words with unlike meanings. Existing books rendered valueless. Impossibility of phonetic spelling -- The final consideration
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| Credits |
The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PE: Language and Literatures: English
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| Subject |
English language -- Orthography and spelling
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| Subject |
Spelling reform
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
70179 |
| Release Date |
Mar 1, 2023 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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