Sociocultural dimensions of lexis and text in the history of English / [edited by] Peter Petré, Hubert Cuyckens, Frauke D'Hoedt.
| Author/creator | International Conference on English Historical Linguistics |
| Other author | Petré, Peter (Linguist) |
| Other author | Cuyckens, H. |
| Other author | D'Hoedt, Frauke. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Current issues in linguistic theory Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, series iv, 0304-0763 ; volume 343 |
| Contents | Introduction: philology as linguistically informed cultural history / Peter Petré and Hubert Cuyckens -- Conspicuous lexical choice in past societies. Old English ead in Anglo-Saxon given names: a comparative approach to Anglo-Saxon anthroponomy / Olga Khallieva Boiché -- News and relations: highlighted textual labels in the titles of early modern news pamphlets / Carla Suhr -- "All spirits, and are melted into air, into thin air": metaphorical connections in the history of English / Marc Alexander and Christian Kay -- Historical layers in text and genre. Conservatism and innovation in Anglo-Saxon scribal practice / Christine Wallis -- Old English wills: a genre study / Lilo Moessner -- Spatio-temporal systems in Chaucer / Minako Nakayasu -- "A riddle to myself I am": argument shifting in English congregational song between 1500 and 1900 / Kirsten Gather -- Lexis, morphology, and a changing society. Common to the North of England and to New England: British English regionalisms in John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms / Javier Ruano-Garrcía -- Betwixt, amongst, and amidst: the diachronic development of function words with final / st/ / Ryuichi Hotta -- English word clipping in a diachronic perspective / Donka Minkova. |
| General note | Selected papers presented at the 18th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, (ICEHL18), held at the University of Leuven, July 14-18, 2014. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (18th : 2014 : Louvain, Belgium) Sociocultural dimensions of lexis and text in the history of English Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018] 9789027200792 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018030698 |
| ISBN | 9789027263995 (pdf) |
| ISBN | (hb ; alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |