[书籍] Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling and Extra
出版社:
St. Martin's Press
简介:
The fascinating and surprising history of English spelling from David Crystal， everyone's favorite expert logophile With The Story of English in 100 Words， David Crystal took us on a tour through the history of our language. Now， withSpell It Out， he takes on the task of answering all the questions about how we spell： "Why is English spelling so difficult?" Or "Why are good spellers so proud of their achievement that when they see a misspelling they condemn the writer as sloppy， lazy， or uneducated?" In thirty-seven short， engaging and informative chapters， Crystal takes readers on a history of English spelling， starting with the Roman missionaries' sixth century introduction of the Roman alphabet and ending with where the language might be going. He looks individually at each letter in the alphabet and its origins. He considers the question of vowels and how people developed a way to tell whether or not it was long or short. He looks at influences from other cultures， and explains how English speakers understood that the "o" in "hopping" was a short vowel， rather than the long vowel of "hoping". If you've ever asked yourself questions like "Why do the words "their"， "there" and "they're" sound alike， but mean very different things?" or "How can we tell the difference between "charge" the verb and "charge" the noun?" David Crystal'sSpell It Out will spell it all out for you.，A lesser-known history of English spelling by the award-winning author of The Story of English in 100 Words is presented through engaging， pithy chapters that cover such topics as the introduction of the Roman alphabet， each letter's origins and the development of long and short vowels.，Presents a history of English spelling through chapters that cover such topics as the introduction of the Roman alphabet， each letter's origins， and the development of long and short vowels.
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