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... sounds of speech is not spelling's overriding concern . Not only are there hundreds of " rules " relating spelling and sound , none of which is without exception , but spelling is in any case expected primarily to represent meaning ...
... sounds of speech is not spelling's overriding concern . Not only are there hundreds of " rules " relating spelling and sound , none of which is without exception , but spelling is in any case expected primarily to represent meaning ...
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Frank Smith. conventions of what the sounds of speech are thought to be , rather than what the sounds actually are . A literal representation of all shades of sound that are employed in speech requires an alphabet of well over a hundred ...
Frank Smith. conventions of what the sounds of speech are thought to be , rather than what the sounds actually are . A literal representation of all shades of sound that are employed in speech requires an alphabet of well over a hundred ...
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... sounds - falling within a range of from 15 to 80 alternatives . ( English is a middle - of - the - road language , using between 35 and 45 distinct sounds , depending upon dialect . ) Presumably it would be inefficient for a natural ...
... sounds - falling within a range of from 15 to 80 alternatives . ( English is a middle - of - the - road language , using between 35 and 45 distinct sounds , depending upon dialect . ) Presumably it would be inefficient for a natural ...
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