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Crystal on Spelling
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Crystal on Spelling
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Notes on orthography using Crystal's Encyclopedia
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Crystal on Spelling
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
Two opposing views of English spelling
– Order
• There is indeed a highly regular spelling system with just a few irregularities
Crystal's view
Crystal's view
Crystal's view
Crystal's view
I before e...
How did spelling become so difficult?
Christian missionaries
The Normans
Printing problems
The Great Vowel Shift
time.
Indicating etymology
Loan Words
Reforming Spelling?
model.
