Orthography Flashcards
Capitalisation
Was used to show importance of words aswell as how we use them today
Connected graphemes
Ligatures
Ligatures
Connected graphemes
What grapheme was used on words to show schwa pronunciation and therefore accent of the time
Terminal <e>
And e at the end of words</e>
What was the terminal <e></e>
An e at the end of words that was pronounced like the schwa vowel indicating accent
Different spellings of words
Variant orthography
Using
<u> and <v>
<i> and <j>
<i> and <y>
Interchangeably</y></i></j></i></v></u>
Interchangeable graphemes
Common interchangeable grapheme
<u> and <v>
<i> and <j>
<i> and <y></y></i></j></i></v></u>
Used to replace the <e> grapheme</e>
Apostrophe
A symbol of Latinate etymology to combine et
Ampersand &
A grapheme used for <s> at the beginning or middle of words after the 18th century that quickly fell out of use</s>
<ſ>
</ſ>
<ſ>
</ſ>
Long glyph used for s at the beginning or middle of sentence after the 18th century that soon fell out of use