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- Advances in Historical Orthography, c. 1500–1800
- Advances in Historical Orthography, c. 1500–1800
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 From the Early Modern Era to an International Research Area
- 2 A Phonological–Graphemic Approach to the Investigation of Spelling Functionality, with Reference to Early Modern Polish
- 3 Graphematic Features in Glagolitic and Cyrillic Orthographies
- 4 The Emergence of Sentence-internal Capitalisation in Early New High German
- 5 Punctuation in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-century French and Spanish Grammars
- 6 Orthographic Variation and Materiality of a Manuscript Pre-standard Lithuanian Spellings in Simonas Daukantas’s ‘History of the Lithuanian Lowlands’ (1831–4)
- 7 Investigating Methods Intra-textual, Inter-textual and Cross-textual Variable Analyses
- 8 Orthography and Group Identity A Comparative Approach to Studying Orthographic Systems in Early Modern Czech Printed and Handwritten Texts (c. 1560‒1710)
- 9 Orthographic Solutions at the Onset of Early Modern Croatian
- 10 Women’s Spelling in Early Modern English
- 11 Towards a Relativity of Spelling Change
- 12 Synergic Dialogue in Historical Orthography National Philologies, Comparability and Questions for the Future
- Bibliography
- Index
10 - Women’s Spelling in Early Modern English
Perspectives from New Media
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 November 2020
- Advances in Historical Orthography, c. 1500–1800
- Advances in Historical Orthography, c. 1500–1800
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 From the Early Modern Era to an International Research Area
- 2 A Phonological–Graphemic Approach to the Investigation of Spelling Functionality, with Reference to Early Modern Polish
- 3 Graphematic Features in Glagolitic and Cyrillic Orthographies
- 4 The Emergence of Sentence-internal Capitalisation in Early New High German
- 5 Punctuation in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-century French and Spanish Grammars
- 6 Orthographic Variation and Materiality of a Manuscript Pre-standard Lithuanian Spellings in Simonas Daukantas’s ‘History of the Lithuanian Lowlands’ (1831–4)
- 7 Investigating Methods Intra-textual, Inter-textual and Cross-textual Variable Analyses
- 8 Orthography and Group Identity A Comparative Approach to Studying Orthographic Systems in Early Modern Czech Printed and Handwritten Texts (c. 1560‒1710)
- 9 Orthographic Solutions at the Onset of Early Modern Croatian
- 10 Women’s Spelling in Early Modern English
- 11 Towards a Relativity of Spelling Change
- 12 Synergic Dialogue in Historical Orthography National Philologies, Comparability and Questions for the Future
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter aims to demonstrate the importance of spelling analysis at the micro-level, by examining the spelling practices of early modern women letter-writers through the lens of new media research. The authors offer an innovative perspective on English spelling practices that considers historical variation using concepts initially developed for new media writing. The examination of spelling in terms of micro-level practices offers new insights into the development of English spelling, especially in respect of finding thematic and functional correlations, as well as potential continuities between sixteenth- and twenty-first-century orthographic practices. The chapter draws on the combined expertise of its authors in the language of new media and Early Modern English to provide a new reading of spelling variation at the micro-level.
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- Advances in Historical Orthography, c. 1500–1800 , pp. 191 - 218Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020