Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Diagrams
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on transcription
- 1 Map showing location of languages in Europe mentioned in this book
- 2 Map showing location of languages outside Europe mentioned in this book
- Introduction: society and orthography
- 1 Approaching orthography
- 2 Orthography as social practice
- 3 Language contact, linguists and the emergence of orthographies
- 4 ‘Postcolonial’ Orthographies
- 5 Between language and dialect: orthography in unstandardised and standardising vernaculars
- 6 Reform or revolution: where angels fear to tread
- 7 Why do we spell?
- Glossary
- References
- General index
- Index of language names
- Index of surnames
Note on transcription
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Diagrams
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on transcription
- 1 Map showing location of languages in Europe mentioned in this book
- 2 Map showing location of languages outside Europe mentioned in this book
- Introduction: society and orthography
- 1 Approaching orthography
- 2 Orthography as social practice
- 3 Language contact, linguists and the emergence of orthographies
- 4 ‘Postcolonial’ Orthographies
- 5 Between language and dialect: orthography in unstandardised and standardising vernaculars
- 6 Reform or revolution: where angels fear to tread
- 7 Why do we spell?
- Glossary
- References
- General index
- Index of language names
- Index of surnames
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- Spelling and SocietyThe Culture and Politics of Orthography around the World, pp. xiii - xviiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007