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The ‘ph’ of English orthography; a digraph or a sequence of separate phonemes?

Responding to Alan S. Kaye

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2017

Blasius Achiri-Taboh
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The aim of this short article is to offer a belated defense of L. M. Boyd (author of a daily, nationally syndicated column ‘Trivia’ in numerous newspapers throughout the USA) against a critique published in English Today over a decade ago by Alan S. Kaye (2006), and present arguments in support of Boyd's beleaguered claim. Kaye (2006: 54) writes:

I do not mean to be picking on Mr. Boyd, but considering his track record, perhaps the time has come for his quitting pontificating on matters of English grammar, pronunciation, and the history of the language.

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English Today , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , December 2017 , pp. 47 - 49
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