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Spelling and Society :The Culture and Politics of Orthography Around the World.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Spelling and Society :
Reminder of title:	The Culture and Politics of Orthography Around the World.
Author:	Sebba, Mark.
Published:	Leiden :Cambridge University Press,2007.
Description:	211 p.
Subject:	Language and languages.
Online resource:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511486739 (electronic bk.)

Spelling and Society :The Culture and Politics of Orthography Around the World.
Sebba, Mark.

Spelling and Society :The Culture and Politics of Orthography Around the World.[electronic resource]. - Leiden :Cambridge University Press,2007. - 211 p.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Diagrams; Tables; Acknowledgements; Note on transcription; Introduction: society and orthography; 1 Approaching orthography; 2 Orthography as social practice; 3 Language contact, linguists and the emergence of orthographies; 4 'Postcolonial' Orthographies; 5 Between language and dialect: orthography in unstandardised and standardising vernaculars; 6 Reform or revolution: where angels fear to tread; 7 Why do we spell?; Glossary; References; General Index; lndex of language names; Index of surnames

Discusses the cultural and political importance of spelling in modern society from a sociolinguistic viewpoint.

Electronic reproduction.

Available via World Wide Web.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780511486739 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

177616
Language and languages.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: P240.2 .S43 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 411

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