"An orthography is a set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, hyphenation, capitalization, word boundaries, emphasis, and punctuation."
The study of writing systems, including the conventions for spelling and punctuation.
"...most of these systems have undergone substantial standardization, thus exhibiting less dialect variation than the spoken language."
"These processes can fossilize pronunciation patterns that are no longer routinely observed in speech (e.g., 'would' and 'should')."
"...efforts to introduce easily noticeable differences between American and British spelling (e.g., 'honor' and 'honour')."
"Some nations (e.g. France and Spain) have established language academies in an attempt to regulate orthography officially."
"...no such authority exists, and a sense of 'correct' orthography develops through encounters with print in schooling, workplace, and informal contexts."
"Some organizations, such as newspapers of record and academic journals, choose greater orthographic homogeneity by enforcing a particular style guide."
"Most transnational languages in the modern period have a writing system, and most of these systems have undergone substantial standardization, thus exhibiting less dialect variation than the spoken language."
"...introduce easily noticeable differences between American and British spelling (e.g., 'honor' and 'honour')."
"These processes can fossilize pronunciation patterns that are no longer routinely observed in speech (e.g., 'would' and 'should')."
"...a sense of 'correct' orthography develops through encounters with print in schooling, workplace, and informal contexts."
"...reflect deliberate efforts to introduce variability for the sake of national identity."
"For most languages (including English), no such authority exists..."
"...most of these systems have undergone substantial standardization, thus exhibiting less dialect variation than the spoken language."
"...established language academies in an attempt to regulate orthography officially."
"...encounters with print in schooling, workplace, and informal contexts."
"Some organizations... choose greater orthographic homogeneity by enforcing a particular style guide."
"...efforts to introduce easily noticeable differences between American and British spelling (e.g., 'honor' and 'honour')."
"An orthography is a set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, hyphenation, capitalization, word boundaries, emphasis, and punctuation."
"Most transnational languages in the modern period have a writing system, and most of these systems have undergone substantial standardization, thus exhibiting less dialect variation than the spoken language."