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Meaning in the history of English: words and texts in context ; [the 17th meeting of the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL) took place in Zurich in the last week of August 2012]

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Corporate Author: International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Other)
Other Authors: Jucker, Andreas H. (Editor) , Landert, Daniela (Editor) , Seiler, Annina (Editor) , Studer-Joho, Nicole (Editor)
Format: Conference Paper
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam [u.a.] Benjamins c 2013
Series:Studies in language <Amsterdam> / Companion series 148
In: Studies in language <Amsterdam> / Companion series (148)

Subjects:
Konferenzschrift > 2012 > Zürich
Historische Grammatik
Englisch
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Author Notes:ed. by Andreas H. Jucker, Daniela Landert, Annina Seiler and Nicole Studer-Joho
Table of Contents:
  • Uncovering layers of meaning in the history of the English language Andreas H. Jucker, Daniela Landert, Annina Seiler and Nicole Studer-JohoLayers 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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