英語字母の示す音

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The claim of the English language to be a world language is greatly handicapped by the unphonetic character of the present English spelling. Despite many attempts at spelling reform, it is likely that English will retain its orthography. In this paper I aim at making a list of vowel- and consonant-letters with some of their typical combinations, showing the different kinds of sounds each letter (letter-group) represents and examples of words. It is to be hoped that the list, though incomplete, may to some extent show the complexity of English orthography, and that English is far from the ideal language of one symbol (letter) for one sound.
横浜国立大学の論文
1966-12-26