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Year:
1768
Short description:
Franklin devises his 'A Scheme for a New Alphabet'
Tags:
history of English
orthography
in the USA
Baugh, A. C. & Cable, T. (1993). A History of the English Language 4th edition. : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [p.363]
Fennell, B. A. (2005). A History of English: A Sociolinguistic Approach. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. [p.221]