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

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Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]
Descriptionvi, 348 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Other author/creatorJucker, Andreas H.
Other author/creatorLandert, Daniela.
Other author/creatorSeiler, Annina.
Other author/creatorStuder-Joho, Nicole.
SeriesStudies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 148
Studies in language companion series ; v. 148. ^A654669
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.
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