Early modern printers and the standardization of English spelling.

From: The Modern Language Review | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Howard-Hill, T.H. | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Modern linguists do not explain convincingly how English spelling advanced to its present mainly standardized form. They suggest various influences, principally the writings of sixteenth-century spelling reformers, grammarians, and teachers rather than printing. Study of reprints of a Caxton work shows that modernization occurred before these could have operated. The economy of the printing-house, notably the use of apprentices for distribution, established comm...

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