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Peer reviewedSmith, Philip T. – Visible Language, 1980
Argues that a fast and effective writing system need not stay close to the phonemic detail of speech, and offers shorthand systems as examples of this. Some proposals for spelling reform are briefly evaluated in the light of this evidence. (HOD)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Context Clues, Language Patterns, Orthographic Symbols
Peer reviewedJaquith, James R. – Visible Language, 1976
This study analyzes more than 1,500 expressions or orthographic conventions adopted by advertisers for many consumer products that depart significantly from ordinary standards of correctness. (HOD)
Descriptors: Advertising, Dictionaries, Graphic Arts, Language Research
Peer reviewedSecrist, Robert H. – Visible Language, 1976
Examines patterns (and their internalization) of regularity underlying English orthography, graphic representations of specific phonemes in different environments, reactions of literate native speakers to correctness of different correspondences in these situations, and reactions of these informants to recognition tests involving alternative…
Descriptors: College Students, High School Students, Language Research, Letters (Alphabet)
