The Structure of English Orthography

Richard L. Venezky

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9789027907073
• eBook ISBN:
  9783110804478
• Topic: Langues et linguistique
• Subtopic: Langues

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Table of contents

• Preface
• I. Purpose, Plan, and Scope
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Purpose
• 3. Source Materials
• 4. Plan and Scope
• II. Attitudes toward English Orthography
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Grammarians
• 3. Contemporary Linguists
• 4. Spelling Reformers
• III. Preliminaries to Orthographic Analysis
• 1. Graphemic Features
• 2. Correspondences
• 3. Morphemic Features
• 4. Phonotactical Influences
• 5. Descriptive Model
• IV. The Graphemic System
• 1. Selection of Units
• 2. Markers
• 3. Graphemic Alternations
• V. Consonant Distributions, Correspondences, and Alternations
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Correspondences
• VI. Fricative Alternations
• 1. Palatalization
• 2. Voiced-Voiceless Alternations
• VII. Vowel Distributions, Correspondences, and Alternations
• 1. Primary Vowel Patterns
• 2. Alternations Based Upon Primary Vowel Spellings
• 3. Consonant Influences
• 4. w Influence
• 5. Miscellaneous Consonant Influences
• 6. Secondary Vowel Patterns
• VIII. Conclusions
• 1. The Nature of the Current Orthography
• 2. Spelling Reform
• 3. The Teaching of Reading
• Bibliography
• Index of Terms
• Word Index
• Index of Names