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ENGLISH HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 2008
SELECTED PAPERS FROM THE FIFTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGLISH HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS (ICEHL 15), MUNICH, 24-30 AUGUST 2008. VOLUME II: WORDS, TEXTS AND GENRES |
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Hans Sauer (Editor), Gaby Waxenberger (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£88.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9027248427 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789027248428 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO |
| Pub. date: |
9 August, 2012 |
| Series: |
Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 324 |
| Pages: |
289 |
| Description: |
Suitable for scholars interested in English etymology, this title includes topics such as the treatment of etymological problems in the OED; deverbal derivations formed from native verbs and from loan-verbs; the role of metaphor and metonymy in the evolution of word-fields. |
| Synopsis: |
The fifteen papers selected for Volume II of "English Historical Linguistics 2008" have a different emphasis than those in Volume I (CILT 314, Lenker et al. 2010). Nine concentrate on the development of the English vocabulary and six on historical text linguistics, including the development of text-types and of politeness strategies. Of those in the former group, three have their emphasis on etymology, three on semantic fields, and three on word-formation, although some cover more than one of these areas. The topics include: the treatment of etymological problems in the OED; deverbal derivations formed from native verbs and from loan-verbs; the role of metaphor and metonymy in the evolution of word-fields. The field of historical text linguistics is introduced by a general survey, which is followed by more specific studies focussing on 15th-century legal and administrative texts from Scotland, on early 15th-century women's mystical writings, on medical recipes from the 16th to the 18th centuries and on pauper letters from 18th-century Essex.The book should appeal to scholars interested in English etymology, the history of semantic fields and of word-formation, as well as in historical text linguistics, politeness strategies and standardization. It provides not only theoretical considerations but also a wealth of case studies. |
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+ index |
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Netherlands |
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John Benjamins Publishing Co |
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Non-returnable |
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