The History of English Spelling

List of Tables.

Preface.

Abbreviations and Symbols.

Language Periods Referred to in the Text.

1. Introduction and Overview.

2. England and English from the Romans to the Vikings.

3. The Old English Roots of Modern English Spelling.

4. The Decline and Revival of English in the Middle English Period.

5. The Franco-Latin Element.

6. Some Sound and Spelling Developments in Middle and Modern English.

7. The Greek Contribution.

8. The Exotic Input.

9. Reformers, Lexicographers and the Parting of the Ways.

Glossary of Technical Terms.

Bibliography.

Language Index.

Word Index Subject and Author Index.