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130408s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng |
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| LC control number |
2013010521 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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DLC |
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eng |
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rda |
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DLC |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781250003478 (hardcover) |
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1250003474 (hardcover) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9781250028860 (e-book) |
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(OCoLC)811597563 |
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| Classification number |
PE1141 |
| Item number |
.C79 2013 |
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| Classification number |
421/.52 |
| Edition information |
23 |
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| Classification number |
421.52 |
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C957s |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Crystal, David, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1941- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Spell it out : |
| Remainder of title |
the curious, enthralling, and extraordinary story of English spelling / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
David Crystal. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First U.S. Edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
St. Martin's Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
vii, 328 pages : |
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illustrations ; |
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22 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Previously published by London : Profile Books, 2012. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Title |
The nature of the problem: Pooh and his friends on spelling -- |
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The beginning -- |
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The size of the problem -- |
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Building the alphabet: letter origins -- |
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The basic weaknesses: hope for us all -- |
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Keeping things long: more than letters -- |
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Keeping things short: spelling as tragedy -- |
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The first exceptions -- |
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Seeing the link: forensic spelling -- |
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Know your Latin and French: spelling as reputation -- |
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New letters for old -- |
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Old letters in new words: Tarzan learns to read -- |
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Old sounds in new positions: spelling as stratagem -- |
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New sounds in old places -- |
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More exceptions: avoiding the vulgar -- |
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Showing the difference: Charles Dickens and his characters reflect upon spelling -- |
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Noting the similarity: silent letters -- |
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New sounds in old letters -- |
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A printer's practice: Mark Twain on spelling -- |
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The urge to reform: George Bernard Shaw on spelling -- |
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Remembering Latin -- |
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More etymologies: a word I always mispell -- |
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Famous spellings -- |
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Spelling 'rules': Mrs Malaprop on reading and spelling -- |
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The role of personalities -- |
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Another personality -- |
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Printers and publishers: spelling wars -- |
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Changing practices: Roger McGough on spelling -- |
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The internet: lower case only -- |
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Showing identity -- |
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Unpredictability: Ogden Nash on names -- |
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Exotic vowels: disenvowelling -- |
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Exotic consonants: the spread of education -- |
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Spelling noises: unspellable noises -- |
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Abbreviating -- |
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Learning the system: George Crabbe on learning -- |
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The future of English spelling. |
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A teaching appendix: |
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Avoiding isolation ; |
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Towards a linguistics of spelling. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Presents a history of English spelling through chapters that cover such topics as the introduction of the Roman alphabet, each letter's origins, and the development of long and short vowels. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
English language |
| General subdivision |
Orthography and spelling. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
English language |
| General subdivision |
Orthography and spelling |
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History. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
English language |
| General subdivision |
Orthography and spelling. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst00911459 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
History. |
| Source of term |
fast |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst01411628 |
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