The Routledge Handbook of the English Writing System (Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics)

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