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The American Way of Spelling - The Structure and Origins of American English Orthography (Hardcover)
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The American Way of Spelling - The Structure and Origins of American English Orthography (Hardcover)
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Can ghoti really be pronounced as fish? Why is "o" short in glove
and love, but long in rove and cove? Why do English words carry
such extra baggage as the silent "b" in doubt, the silent "k" in
knee, and the silent "n" in autumn? And why do names like Phabulous
Phoods and Hi-Ener-G stand out? Addressing these and many other
questions about letters and the sounds they make, this engaging
volume provides a comprehensive analysis of American English
spelling and pronunciation. Venezky illuminates the fully
functional system underlying what can at times be a bewildering
array of exceptions, focusing on the basic units that serve to
signal word form or pronunciation, where these units can occur
within words, and how they relate to sound. Also examined are how
our current spelling system has developed, efforts to reform it,
and ways that spelling rules or patterns are violated in commercial
usage. From one of the world's foremost orthographic authorities,
the book affords new insight into the teaching of reading and the
acquisition and processing of spelling sound relationships.
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