Written Language

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- 1. THE PRE-FUNCTIONALIST VIEWS OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE -- 2. THE FUNCTIONALIST APPROACH TO WRITTEN LANGUAGE -- 3. SOME CONSEQUENCES OF THE FUNCTIONALIST APPROACH -- 4. THE STRUCTURAL CORRESPONDENCES OF THE TWO LANGUAGE NORMS -- 5. THE FUNCTIONALIST APPROACH AGAIN: SOME VOICES PRO ET CONTRA -- 6. SOME REMARKS ON THE WRITTEN NORM AS A FACTOR IN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT -- 7. SOME CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF THE WRITTEN NORM OF ENGLISH -- 8. PROBLEMS OF THE ORTHOGRAPHIC REFORM OF ENGLISH -- 9. CONCLUSION -- 10. BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 11. INDICES