Standardising English Spelling: The Role of Printing in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Graphemic Developments

ISBN-13: 9781009098144 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 200 str.

Preston) Condorelli Marco (University of Central Lancashire

Opis

With a particular focus on the Early Modern English period, this book explores the standardisation of English spelling.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; Part I. Context: 2. Theoretical framework; 3. Pragmatic framework; Part II. Empirical method: 4. Corpus material; 5. Rationale; 6. Foundational explorations; Part III. Case Studies: 7. The standardisation of positional spellings; 8. The standardisation of i and y; 9. The standardisation of etymological spelling; 10. The standardisation of vowel diacritic spelling; 11. Conclusion.