{"product_id":"american-english-spelling-9780801879562","title":"American English Spelling","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn essential reference work, American English Spelling moves beyond questions of how words are spelled to an understanding of why they are spelled as they are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A book which anyone interested in writing systems, especially English writing, should own... I have two copies of it now and I am sure that they will quickly become... dog-eared and annotated.\" - Mark Aronoff, Language \"One of the most comprehensive books on the subject that you will find... a work intended for the serious student\/scholar of American English, its spelling, and its formation.\" - American Reference Books Annual \"One needs to be reminded that English orthography does, in the main, make sense; there is an underlying structure to which most words adhere. In American English Spelling, D. W. Cummings updates Jespersen and other grammarians, elucidating the rules of English orthography in meticulous detail... It can be browsed with much profit, or used as a reference to answer specific questions.\" - Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetailed Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Usage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Analysis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Spelling as System\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Explication of Written Words\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Tactics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Sequences and Distributions\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. String Patterns and Rules\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Suffix Rules\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. VCV in Disyllables\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The Third Syllable Rules\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Procedures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Silent Final \u003ci\u003ee\u003c\/i\u003e and Its Deletion Rule\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Twinning Rules\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Assimilated Prefixes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Correspondences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. The Sounds and Letters of English\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Short \u003ci\u003ea\u003c\/i\u003e, \/a\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. Short \u003ci\u003ee\u003c\/i\u003e, \/e\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Short\u003ci\u003e i\u003c\/i\u003e, \/i\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. The Short \u003ci\u003eo\u003c\/i\u003e's, \/ä\/ and \/ó\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. High Short \u003ci\u003eu\u003c\/i\u003e, \/ú\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. Low Short \u003ci\u003eu\u003c\/i\u003e, \/u\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. Long \u003ci\u003ea\u003c\/i\u003e, \/a\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. Long \u003ci\u003ee\u003c\/i\u003e, \/e\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. Long \u003ci\u003ei\u003c\/i\u003e, \/i\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21. Long \u003ci\u003eo\u003c\/i\u003e, \/o\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22. The Simple Long \u003ci\u003eu\u003c\/i\u003e, \/u\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23. The Complex Long \u003ci\u003eu\u003c\/i\u003e, \/yu\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 24. The Diphthongs, \/òi\/ and \/aú\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 25. Vowels before \/r\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 26. The Front Stops: \/b\/, \/p\/, \/d\/, and \/t\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 27. The Velar Stops, \/g\/ and \/k\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 28. The Simple Fricatives \/v\/, \/f\/, \/th\/, \/th\/, and \/h\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 29. The Simple Fricatives \/z\/ and \/s\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 30. The Palatal Sibilants: \/sh\/, \/ch\/, \/j\/, and \/zh\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 31. The Nasals: \/m\/, \/n\/, and \/n\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 32. The Liquids, \/l\/ and \/r\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 33. The Semivowels, \/w\/ and \/y\/\u003cbr\u003eChapter 34. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Words\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hopkins Fulfillment Service","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768054317399,"sku":"9780801879562","price":35.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801879562.jpg?v=1758716091","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-english-spelling-9780801879562","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}