Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Background to the English Writing System
Theory and the English writing system
Chapter 3. English among the world's writing systems
Chapter 4. Modern theories of English spelling
Chapter 5. Phonology and English spelling
Chapter 6. Punctuation
The history and development of the EWS
Chapter 7. The etymological inputs into English spelling
Chapter 8. Changing Functions: English Spelling before 1600
Chapter 9. Modernization and standardization since the 17th
century
Chapter 10. Historical spelling variation as documented in
historical dictionaries: the OED as a test case
Chapter 11. Accent variation reflected in the standard writing
system of English
Learning and teaching English
Chapter 12. Children’s first language acquisition of the English
writing system
Chapter 13. Teaching literacy to English children; policy and
practice
Chapter 14. Dyslexia and the English writing Liory Fern Pollak and
Jackie Masterson
Chapter 15. The structure of Literacy teaching: a case study from
England
Society and the English writing system in the world
Chapter 16. Sociolinguistics and the English writing system
Chapter 17. The evolution of British and American style
spelling
Chapter 18. The spelling of Scots: tradition, adaptation and
reform
Chapter 19. Irish English and the English Writing System
Chapter 20. Eye Dialect and Pronunciation Respelling in the USA
Chapter 21. The Orthography of English-lexicon Pidgins and
Creoles
Chapter 22. The English writing system in the linguistic landscapes
of the world
Chapter 23. Japanese users of the English writing system: a case
study
Chapter 24. Spelling reform
Processing the written symbol
Chapter 25. Typography and the printed English text
Chapter 26. Processing the written word
Chapter 27. Computer-mediated communication and the English writing
system
Chapter 28. Texting and other messaging
Chapter 29. Spell checkers
Vivian Cook is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK, and founding co-editor of the journal Writing Systems Research.
Des Ryan works at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
"No longer in the shadows, the study of writing systems is drawing
increasing interest among language researchers, as may be seen in
this impressive collection by Vivian Cook and Des Ryan, which
brings together insights by established and emerging scholars on a
broad range of topics and approaches to the study of the English
writing system, from its history and evolution, to its structure,
processing, acquisition, and sociolinguistic aspects."
Jyotsna Vaid, Texas A&M University, USA"The Handbook is an
authoritative and comprehensive collection of a wide range of
topics related to the English writing system. Written by a stellar
cast of scholars, the volume for the first time brings together an
amazing variety of approaches and topics, from theoretical to
applied, from historical to futuristic, all presented in an
accessible and fresh way. This unique and fascinating work will
establish itself as an invaluable reference tool for researchers,
teachers and postgraduate students, as well as a captivating read
for anyone with an interest in the English writing system, for time
to come."
Benedetta Bassetti, University of Warwick, UK"This Handbook covers
an extremely broad range of topics that are suitable both for
beginning and more advanced students of language. It is extremely
well written and organized. I recommend it enthusiastically."
Zohar Eviatar, University of Haifa, Israel
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