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Introduction and overview.- England and English from the Romans to the Viking.- The Old English roots of modern English spelling.- The decline and revival of English in the Middle English period.- The Franco-Latin element.- Some sound and spelling developments in middle and modern English.- The Greek contribution.- The exotic input.- Reformers, lexicographers and the parting of the ways
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English language - Orthography and spelling - History