{"product_id":"american-english-spelling-d-w-cummings-9780801879562","title":"American English Spelling: An Informal Description","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this study of the English language as it is spelled in America, D. W. Cummings demonstrates 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 imperative: phonetic, semantic, etymological, and systemic. Cummings offers a systematic theory of orthography and applies this theory to the American English vocabulary with numerous examples. Cummings also describes the explication of written words into their elements, particles, and processes, and he sets out the tactical and procedural rules that control the distribution and sequencing of vowels and consonants. In the largest section of the book, he provides an exhaustive description of the major and minor correspondences between the sounds of American English words and their spellings. An essential reference work, \u003ci\u003eAmerican English Spelling\u003c\/i\u003e moves beyond questions of \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e words are spelled to an understanding of \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e they are spelled as they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. W. Cummings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801879566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801879562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.42h x 6.20w x 1.45d","brand":"D. W. Cummings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522268688639,"sku":"9780801879562","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bbe37325-032c-4440-a944-b3af14d39338.jpg?v=1700156391","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-english-spelling-d-w-cummings-9780801879562","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}