期刊名称：Annual Review of Education, Communication and Language Sciences
电子版ISSN：1743-159X
出版年度：2007
卷号：4
出版社：Newcastle University
摘要：Today English is an extremely popular international language in the world. The issue of English writing system has been brought up by certain researchers in recent years. As Cook (2004, p. 1) puts, “English writing system is connected to our lives in many ways, not something that is an ancillary to other aspects of language but vitally important to almost everything we do, from signing our wills to sending a text message.” Therefore, this article will review the evolution of English writing system, focusing on English spelling in particular. It begins with historical changes in the English writing system, variation in the English writing system comes next, and English spelling reform is discussed in the end.
关键词：English writing system; Old English; Middle English; Modern English; spelling reformon>
