Spelling and Society

The Culture and Politics of Orthography around the World

By: Mark Sebba

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Hardcover | 29 March 2007

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Spelling matters to people. In America and Britain every day, members of the public write to the media on spelling issues, and take part in spelling contests. In Germany, a reform of the spelling system has provoked a constitutional crisis; in Galicia, a 'war of orthographies' parallels an intense public debate on national identity; on walls, bridges and trains globally, PUNX and ANARKISTS proclaim their identities orthographically. The way we spell often represents an attempt to associate with, or dissociate from, other languages. In Spelling and Society, Mark Sebba explores why matters of orthography are of real concern to so many groups, as a reflection of culture, history and social practices, and as a powerful symbol of national or local identity. This 2007 book will be welcomed by students and researchers in English language, orthography and sociolinguistics, and by anyone interested in the importance of spelling in contemporary society.

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'Mark Sebba goes beyond a description of the culture and the politics of orthography around the globe ... such a 'sociolinguistics of orthography' has been missing from the literature.' Pragmatics

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Illustrations	p. viii
Maps	p. ix
Diagrams	p. x
Tables	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Note on transcription	p. xiii
Introduction: society and orthography	p. 1
Approaching orthography	p. 10
Orthography as social practice	p. 26
Language contact, linguists and the emergence of orthographies	p. 58
'Postcolonial' Orthographies	p. 81
Between language and dialect: orthography in unstandardised and standardising vernaculars	p. 102
Reform or revolution: where angels fear to tread	p. 132
Why do we spell?	p. 157
Glossary	p. 168
References	p. 172
General index	p. 183
Index of language names	p. 186
Index of surnames	p. 188
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