Crystal on spelling

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Crystal on Spelling

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Crystal on Spelling

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Two opposing views of English spelling

– Chaos

• There is so little predictability in English spellings that it is unreasonable to think of it as a system at all

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Two opposing views of English spelling

– Order

• There is indeed a highly regular spelling system with just a few irregularities

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Crystal's view

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Crystal's view

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Crystal's view

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Crystal's view

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I before e...

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How did spelling become so difficult?

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Christian missionaries

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The Normans

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Printing problems

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The Great Vowel Shift

time.

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Indicating etymology

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Loan Words

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Reforming Spelling?

model.