Background
Cummings, Donald Wayne was born on May 21, 1935 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Oliver Warren Cummings and Mildred Marie (Thayer) Smith.
( In this study of the English language as it is spelled ...)
In this study of the English language as it is spelled in America, D. W. Cummings demonstrates that behind the apparent disorder of spelling in American English lies a self-regulating and self-reorganizing system that is responsive to four kinds of imperative: phonetic, semantic, etymological, and systemic. Cummings offers a systematic theory of orthography and applies this theory to the American English vocabulary with numerous examples. Cummings also describes the explication of written words into their elements, particles, and processes, and he sets out the tactical and procedural rules that control the distribution and sequencing of vowels and consonants. In the largest section of the book, he provides an exhaustive description of the major and minor correspondences between the sounds of American English words and their spellings. An essential reference work, American English Spelling moves beyond questions of how words are spelled to an understanding of why they are spelled as they are.
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Cummings, Donald Wayne was born on May 21, 1935 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Oliver Warren Cummings and Mildred Marie (Thayer) Smith.
Bachelor in English, University Washington, 1958. Master of Arts in English, University Washington, 1964. Phd in English, University Washington, 1965.
Instructor English, Control Washington U., Ellensburg, 1960-1964; assistant Professor of English, Control Washington U., Ellensburg, 1964-1966; associate Professor of English, Control Washington U., Ellensburg, 1966-1971; Professor of English, Control Washington U., Ellensburg, 1971-1996; professor emeritus, Control Washington U., Ellensburg, since 1996; director academic skills center, Control Washington U., Ellensburg, 1966-1990; chair English department, Control Washington U., Ellensburg, 1984-1987; dean college of letters, arts and science, Control Washington U., Ellensburg, 1989-1993. Teacher English Newport High School, Bellevue, Washington, 1971-1972.
( In this study of the English language as it is spelled ...)
Married Carol Frances Feuling, August 10, 1956. Children: Daniel, Lon, Jody.