Meaning in the history of English : words and texts in context / edited by Andreas H. Jucker, Daniela Landert, Annina Seiler and Nicole Studer-Joho.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jucker, Andreas H., editor.

Landert, Daniela, editor.

Seiler, Annina, editor.

Studer-Joho, Nicole, editor.

EBSCOhost.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; v. 148.

Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 148

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--History.

English language.

History.

Historical linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Uncovering layers of meaning in the history of the English language / Andreas H. Jucker, Daniela Landert, Annina Seiler and Nicole Studer-Joho

Layers of reading in the Old English Bede : the case of Oxford Corpus Christi College 279B / Christine Wallis

Unlikely-looking Old English verb forms / Eric Stanley

On the importance of noting uncertainty in etymological research : some implications of a re-examination of the etymology of road / Philip Durkin

"A Wiltshire word, according to Kennett" : the contribution of MS Lansd. 1033 to Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847) / Javier Ruano-García

Enforcing or effacing useful distinctions? : imply vs. infer / Don Chapman

The role of context in the meaning specification of cant and slang words in eighteenth-century English / Roxanne But

Let's talk about uton / Linda van Bergen

Exploring part-of-speech profiles and authorship attribution in Early Modern medical texts / Jukka Tyrkkö

The positioning of adverbial clauses in the Paston letters / Yoko Iyeiri

Complexity and genre conventions : text structure and coordination in Early Modern English proclamations / Anu Lehto

Formulaic discourse across Early Modern English medical genres : investigating shared lexical bundles / Joanna Kopaczyk

"Treasure of pore men", "countrymans friend" or "gentlewomans companion"? On the use of interpersonal strategies in the titles of Early Modern English medical texts / Marta Sylwanowicz

"I saw ye Child burning in ye fire" : evidentiality in Early Modern English witness depositions / Peter Grund.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Meaning in the history of English

ISBN:

9789027270894

9027270899

Publisher Number:

99966610798

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