On benefits deriving from the knowledge of the history of spelling

Elżbieta Awramiuk

Abstract

In this article we are proving that contemporary spelling difficulties experienced by disceming users of the Polish language regard, to a large extent, these rules which have been arousing controversies among linguists for years. The inaccuracy of spelling recommendations concerning the conventional principle and the writing practice of the Poles result from the changeability of spelling recommendations, their ambiguous formulation or application of too difficult cognitive apparatus, whereas fluctuations in the scope of recent borrowings' spelling are temporary.

Keywords:

historia polskiej ortografii, history of Polish spelling, uzus, norma