TY - JOUR
T1 - And Rimmain yoor obeddeend omble zervand
T2 - the invented spelling system of William Baillie of Dunain (1789-1869)
AU - Fabb, Nigel
AU - Hutchison, Ian
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - William Baillie invented his own spelling system, which is used in six of his letters of the 1830s and 1840s. Among his practices are his use of 'voiced' consonant letters such as 'd' for both voiced and voiceless consonants such as [t] and [d], doubling of word-medial consonants, and respelling and addition of diacritics to vowels. A forced recluse considered to have a mental infirmity brought on by his residency in Bombay and Baghdad, Baillie's practice shows an intelligent attempt to understand the relation between spelling and sound, perhaps inspired by his knowledge of Persian and Arabic, and possibly showing a knowledge of the spelling system proposed by James Elphinston.
AB - William Baillie invented his own spelling system, which is used in six of his letters of the 1830s and 1840s. Among his practices are his use of 'voiced' consonant letters such as 'd' for both voiced and voiceless consonants such as [t] and [d], doubling of word-medial consonants, and respelling and addition of diacritics to vowels. A forced recluse considered to have a mental infirmity brought on by his residency in Bombay and Baghdad, Baillie's practice shows an intelligent attempt to understand the relation between spelling and sound, perhaps inspired by his knowledge of Persian and Arabic, and possibly showing a knowledge of the spelling system proposed by James Elphinston.
KW - William Baillie
KW - spelling system
KW - diacritics
KW - vowels
KW - sound
UR - http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-968X.2005.00156.x
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-968X.2005.00156.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-968X.2005.00156.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0079-1636
VL - 103
SP - 323
EP - 338
JO - Transactions of the Philological Society
JF - Transactions of the Philological Society
IS - 3
ER -