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  • American English Spelling: An Informal Description
  • Written by author D. W. Cummings
  • Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, December 2003
  • In this study of the English language as it is spelled in America, D. W. Cummingsdemonstrates that behind the apparent disorder of spelling in American English lies a self-regulating and self-reorganizing system that is responsive to four kinds of imperat
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Preface
Notes on Usage
Analysis1
Ch. 1Spelling as System3
Ch. 2The Explication of Written Words32
Tactics67
Ch. 3Sequences and Distributions69
Ch. 4String Patterns and Rules90
Ch. 5Suffix Rules112
Ch. 6VCV in Dissyllables123
Ch. 7The Third Syllable Rule131
Procedures143
Ch. 8Silent Final e and Its Deletion Rule145
Ch. 9The Twinning Rule161
Ch. 10Assimilated Prefixes177
Correspondences199
Ch. 11The Sounds and Letters of English201
Ch. 12Short a, /a/213
Ch. 13Short e, /e/217
Ch. 14Short i, /i/222
Ch. 15The Short o's, /a/ and /o/231
Ch. 16High Short u, /u/241
Ch. 17Low Short u, /u/244
Ch. 18Long a, /a/249
Ch. 19Long e, /e/258
Ch. 20Long i, /i/271
Ch. 21Long, o, /o/280
Ch. 22The Simple Long u, /u/288
Ch. 23The Complex Long u, /yu/297
Ch. 24The Diphthongs, /oi/ and /au/301
Ch. 25Vovels before /r/307
Ch. 26The Front Stops: /b/, /p/, /d/, and /t/327
Ch. 27The Velar Stops, /g/ and /k/350
Ch. 28The Simple Fricatives /v/, /f/, /th/, /th/, and /h/373
Ch. 29The Simple Fricatives /z/ and /s/391
Ch. 30The Palatal Sibilants : /sh/, /ch/, /j/, and /zh/407
Ch. 31The Nasals: /m/, /n/, and /n/423
Ch. 32The Liquids, /l/ and /r/439
Ch. 33The Semivowels, and /w/ and /y/456
Ch. 34Conclusion461
Bibliography465
Index of Words475
General Index539


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