With a particular focus on the Early Modern English period, this book explores the standardisation of English spelling.

Leading researchers shed new light on the history of the standardisation of English.

Language scholars have traditionally agreed that the development of the English language was largely unplanned. John H. Fisher challenges this view, demonstrati

The history and development of English, from the earliest known writings to its status today as a dominant world language, is a subject of major importance to l

This important contribution to the sociolinguistics of Asian languages breaks new ground in the study of language standards and standardization in two key ways: