Upward, Christopher <br/><br/>
The history of English spelling / 
Christopher Upward and George Davidson 
 - Malden, MA :  Wiley-Blackwell,  2011 
 - xiii, 376 p. :  ill. maps ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references ( p. [320]-323) and index 
<br/><br/>Introduction and overview -- England and English from the Romans to the Vikings -- 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405190244 (alk. paper) 9781405190237 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Orthography and spelling--History<br/>English language--Etymology