ABSTRACT

English Spelling explores the rules and conventions on which present-day English spelling is based.
This Language Workbook:
* Examines how speech-sounds map onto each other
* Explores the extent to which words sound identical or look identical
* Analyzes various kinds of spelling mistakes
* Looks at the main differences between American and British spelling
* Shows how and why the names of people and places may vary from expected spelling conventions
* Deals with the punctuation of words by apostrophes, hyphens and capitalisation
* Considers several possible approaches to spelling reform

chapter 1|5 pages

Speaking and Writing

chapter 2|7 pages

Finding Phonemes

chapter 3|4 pages

Long and Short Vowel Pairs

chapter 4|5 pages

Marking Vowel Length

chapter 5|6 pages

Complications in Length Marking

chapter 6|3 pages

Some Consonant Spellings

chapter 7|2 pages

Some Vowel Spellings

chapter 8|7 pages

Look-Alikes and Sound-Alikes

chapter 9|8 pages

Sound-Alike Affixes

chapter 10|5 pages

The Spelling of Names

chapter 11|7 pages

Rules and Mistakes

chapter 12|4 pages

More Than Letters

chapter 13|3 pages

American and British Spelling

chapter 14|6 pages

Spelling Reform