Overview

This volume includes a selection of papers originally presented at the 10th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, held at the Unversity of Manchester in August 1998. The contributions aim to show the breadth and depth of late-1990s studies in lexicology, semantics and lexicography.

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Author:   Julie Coleman (University of Leicester) ,  Christian Kay (University of Glasgow)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   194
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9789027237019

ISBN 10:   9027237018
Pages:   257
Publication Date:   15 July 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Brook Memoir by Alan Shelston; 3. List of Contributors; 4. Lexical Gaps, Cognition and Linguistic Change (by Fischer, Andreas); 5. Folk-Etymology: Haphazard Perversion or Shrewd Analogy? (by Rundblad, Gabriella); 6. Mechanisms of Semantic Change in Nouns of Cognition: a General Model? (by Koivisto-Alanko, Paivi); 7. Historical Semantics and Historical Lexicography: will the twain ever meet? (by Kay, Christian); 8. Strange Linguists: the Cant and Slang Dictionary Tradition (by Coleman, Julie); 9. Lexical Choices in an Early Galilean Translation (by Gotti, Maurizio); 10. Grund to Hrof: Aspects of the Old English Semantics of Building and Architecture (by Biggam, Carole P.); 11. Five Hundred Years of Love: a Prototype-Semantic Analysis (by Tissari, Heli); 12. The Vocabulary of Consent in Middle English (by Sylvester, Louise); 13. The Discourse Motivations for Neologising: Action Nominalization in the History of English (by Cowie, Claire); 14. The Vernacularization of the Negative Prefix Dis-in Early Modern English (by McConchie, R.W.); 15. Brook Symposium Edited by Christian Kay; 16. Author and Subject Index

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