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Download full textDewey, Godfrey – 1968
To achieve its purpose, an initial teaching orthography (i.t.o.) should be as simple in form and substance as possible; it should be phonemic rather than phonetic. The 40 sounds distinguished by Pitmanic shorthand and some provision for schwa can serve as a basic code. The symbols can be derived from either of two major sources--standardizing the…
Descriptors: Graphemes, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Morphemes, Orthographic Symbols
