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Spell it Out

Spell it Out

Profile Books

London, 2012; hardback, cm 13,5x20.

ISBN: 1-84668-567-2 - EAN13: 9781846685675

Languages: italian text  

Weight: 0.46 kg


English language expert Crystal turns his attention to the history of spelling in this new, fascinating book. Why is there an 'h' in 'ghost'? William Caxton's Flemish employees put one in, spelling it the way it sounded to their foreign ears, and it stuck. Crystal unearths the stories behind the rogue wodrs that confound us, and why these peculiarities entered the mainstream. For any language and linguistics fan.

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design e realizzazione: Vincent Wolterbeek / analisi e programmazione: Rocco Barisci

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