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The article discusses a book called "A Survey of English Spelling" which was published during a time when literacy and spelling were important topics. The book provides a comprehensive overview of English spelling, drawing from various sources and original research. It focuses on the functional aspects of spelling regularities and markers that are essential for literacy in English. The book is divided into four main sections, covering topics such as methods for describing spelling regularities, speech-to-text and text-to-speech correspondences, homographs and homophones, spelling conventions in names, and proposals for spelling reform. The book also includes a large database of examples, statistics, and analyses.
Published at a time when literacy and spelling are issues of topical concern, A Survey of English Spelling offers an authoritative and up-to-date overview of this largely neglected area of the English language. The text brings together a vast body of knowledge, both synthesized from diverse sources and original, unpublished research. The emphasis is on a functional exploration of the spelling regularities and markers that underpin literacy in English. There are four main sections: a critical survey of the methods and problems involved in describing the regularities of English spelling, including the influence of dialect and the classification of spelling errors; an analysis of speech-to-text correspondences, phoneme by phoneme; an analysis of text-to-speech correspondences, seen as a set of rules; and a full treatment of homographs and homophones (including affixes), a detailed account of the spelling conventions found in names and a description and critique of the main proposals for the reform of English spelling. An extensive database has been used throughout to provide a wealth of examples, statistics and analyses.
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