Icons of the Alphabet: Letter Names, Phonetic Notation and the Phonology and Orthography of English

Reese Heitner (PhD, Philosophy of Language; MA, Linguistics, CUNY, Graduate Center) taught at Drexel University, USA and also served as Interim Director of its English Language Center. He lives with his wife, son and dog in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania and is researching another linguistics book entitled The Semantics of Sound Change: A Semiotic Approach to the Paradox of Phonologization. He can be reached at reeseheitner@hotmail.com.