Spell it out: the singular story of english spelling
Auteur :
Crystal, David
Éditeur :
Profile Books Ltd
ISBN :
9781846685682
Date de publication :
19 sept. 2013
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
271 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their foreign cars, and it stuck. This book takes you on a journey through English spelling.