{"product_id":"american-english-spelling-an-informal-description-9780801834431","title":"American English Spelling An Informal Description","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\"Until now we have had no work like this. In prose that is a pleasure to read, Cummings reveals order in a seemingly chaotic domain, an accomplishment that is surely the essence of humanistic and scientific scholarship.\"--Charles Read\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":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527608967511,"sku":"9780801834431","price":75.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-english-spelling-an-informal-description-9780801834431","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}