Full Description
The Routledge Handbook of the English Writing System provides a comprehensive account of the English writing system, both in its current iteration and highlighting the developing trends that will influence its future. Twenty-nine chapters written by specialists from around the world cover core linguistic and psychological aspects, and also include areas from other disciplines such as typography and computer-mediated communication.
Divided into five parts, the volume encompasses a wide range of approaches and addresses issues in the following areas:
theory and the English writing system, discussing the effects of etymology and phonology;
the history of the English writing system from its earliest development, including spelling, pronunciation and typography;
the acquisition and teaching of writing, with discussions of literacy issues and dyslexia;
English writing in use around the world, both in the UK and America, and also across Europe and Japan;
computer-mediated communication and developments in writing online and on social media.
The Routledge Handbook of the English Writing System is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students working in this area.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Background to the English Writing System
Theory and the English writing system
Chapter 3. English among the world's writing systems
Chapter 4. Modern theories of English spelling
Chapter 5. Phonology and English spelling
Chapter 6. Punctuation
The history and development of the EWS
Chapter 7. The etymological inputs into English spelling
Chapter 8. Changing Functions: English Spelling before 1600
Chapter 9. Modernization and standardization since the 17th century
Chapter 10. Historical spelling variation as documented in historical dictionaries: the OED as a test case
Chapter 11. Accent variation reflected in the standard writing system of English
Learning and teaching English
Chapter 12. Children's first language acquisition of the English writing system
Chapter 13. Teaching literacy to English children; policy and practice
Chapter 14. Dyslexia and the English writing Liory Fern Pollak and Jackie Masterson
Chapter 15. The structure of Literacy teaching: a case study from England
Society and the English writing system in the world Chapter 16. Sociolinguistics and the English writing system
Chapter 17. The evolution of British and American style spelling
Chapter 18. The spelling of Scots: tradition, adaptation and reform
Chapter 19. Irish English and the English Writing System
Chapter 20. Eye Dialect and Pronunciation Respelling in the USA
Chapter 21. The Orthography of English-lexicon Pidgins and Creoles
Chapter 22. The English writing system in the linguistic landscapes of the world
Chapter 23. Japanese users of the English writing system: a case study
Chapter 24. Spelling reform
Processing the written symbol
Chapter 25. Typography and the printed English text
Chapter 26. Processing the written word
Chapter 27. Computer-mediated communication and the English writing system
Chapter 28. Texting and other messaging
Chapter 29. Spell checkers
