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ORTHOGRAPHY
ORTHOGRAPHY [Through FRENCH and LATIN from GREEK orthographía correct writing].
1. A term for CORRECT or accepted WRITING and SPELLING and for a normative set of conventions for writing and especially spelling. In the 15–16c, there was considerable variety and uncertainty in the writing and printing of English. Advocates of standardized spelling emphasized the importance of regularization by referring to it as trewe ortografye, trew orthographie, etc. 2. The study of letters and how they are used to express sounds and form words, especially as a traditional aspect of GRAMMAR; the spelling system of a language, whether considered ‘true’ and ‘correct’ or not. In linguistics, however, the name for the study of the writing system of a language and for the system itself is more commonly graphology, a level of language parallel to phonology. The earlier, prescriptive sense of the term continues to be used, but the later, more neutral sense is common among scholars of language. The orthography of English has standardized on two systems, British and American. While far from uniform in either system, it allows for much less variation than is possible, for example, in the orthography of Scots. See ABBREVIATION, ACRONYM, COMPOUND WORD, ORTHOEPY, SENTENCE, SHAKESPEARE, SPELLING REFORM, TECHNOSPEAK, TRADITIONAL ORTHOGRAPHY. |
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TOM McARTHUR. "ORTHOGRAPHY." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. TOM McARTHUR. "ORTHOGRAPHY." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-ORTHOGRAPHY.html TOM McARTHUR. "ORTHOGRAPHY." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-ORTHOGRAPHY.html |
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or·thog·ra·phy / ôrˈ[unvoicedth]ägrəfē/ • n. (pl. -phies) 1. the conventional spelling system of a language. ∎ the study of spelling and how letters combine to represent sounds and form words. 2. another term for orthographic projection. DERIVATIVES: or·thog·ra·pher / -fər/ n. (in sense 1). or·tho·graph·ic / ˌôr[unvoicedth]əˈgrafik/ adj. or·tho·graph·i·cal / ˌôr[unvoicedth]əˈgrafikəl/ adj. or·tho·graph·i·cal·ly / ˌôr[unvoicedth]əˈgrafik(ə)lē/ adv. |
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"orthography." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "orthography." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-orthography.html "orthography." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-orthography.html |
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orthography
orthography. Elevations of a building or any part of it, showing correct relative proportions.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "orthography." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "orthography." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-orthography.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "orthography." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-orthography.html |
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orthography
orthography •daffy, taffy
•Amalfi
•Cavafy, Gaddafi
•Effie
•beefy, Fifi, leafy
•cliffy, iffy, jiffy, Liffey, niffy, sniffy, spiffy, squiffy, stiffy, whiffy
•salsify
•coffee, toffee
•wharfie
•Sophie, strophe, trophy
•Dufy, goofy, Sufi
•fluffy, huffy, puffy, roughie, roughy, scruffy, snuffy, stuffy, toughie
•comfy • atrophy
•anastrophe, catastrophe
•calligraphy, epigraphy, tachygraphy
•dystrophy, epistrophe
•autobiography, bibliography, biography, cardiography, cartography, chirography, choreography, chromatography, cinematography, cosmography, cryptography, demography, discography, filmography, geography, hagiography, historiography, hydrography, iconography, lexicography, lithography, oceanography, orthography, palaeography (US paleography), photography, pornography, radiography, reprography, stenography, topography, typography
•apostrophe
•gymnosophy, philosophy, theosophy
•furphy, murphy, scurfy, surfy, turfy
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"orthography." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "orthography." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-orthography.html "orthography." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-orthography.html |
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