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Spellbound: The Surprising Origins and Astonishing Secrets of English Spelling
James Essinger
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| #707324 in Books | 2007-05-01 | 2007-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.46 x.76 x5.07l,.48 | File type: PDF | 305 pages||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Superficial but Popularly Written Study of a Scholarly Topic|By M. Layton|Essinger has given a serious linguistic subject a popular treatment that is in many ways quite superficial. While he can do no great harm with the book and may actually help some to become better spellers, he has made several glaring errors as well. For example, he says that the Angles, Saxons, and Jute|From Publishers Weekly|British author Essinger (Jacquard's Web: How a Hand Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age) provides an enlightening and enjoyable excursion into "the magical nature" of writing through the history of English spelling. Essinge
Welcome to the illogical, idiosyncratic, outrageous linguistic phenomenon known as the English language. The story of how this ragtag collection of words evolved is a winding tale replete with intriguing accidents and bizarre twists of fate. In this eye-opening, fabulously entertaining book, James Essinger unlocks the mysteries that have confounded linguists and scholars for millennia.
From the sophisticated writing systems of the ancient Sumerians through the ton...
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