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Peer reviewedWeber, Rose-Marie – Visible Language, 1986
Examines colloquial contractions (spelling variants such as "kinda" and "hafta") against a background of other variations in the English writing system with respect to their morphological identity, characteristic spelling patterns, and significance in print. Divides variants into those that are independent of speech variation…
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Variation, North American English, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Peer reviewedOsley, A. S. – Visible Language, 1971
Reviews the life and career of sixteenth century cartographer Gerardus Mercator and, through samples of his work, isolates characteristics of his personal script to give calligraphic evidence of his authorship. (MB)
Descriptors: Authors, Comparative Analysis, Geography, Graphemes
