Thijs Porck

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List of John Benjamins publications for which Thijs Porck plays a role.

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Unlocking the History of English: Pragmatics, prescriptivism and text types. Selected papers from the 21st ICEHL

Edited by Luisella Caon, Moragh S. Gordon and Thijs Porck

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 364] 2024. viii, 253 pp.
Subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Pragmatics | Theoretical linguistics
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Keys to the History of English: Diachronic linguistic change, morpho-syntax and lexicography. Selected papers from the 21st ICEHL

Edited by Thijs Porck, Moragh S. Gordon and Luisella Caon

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 363] 2024. vii, 235 pp.
Subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

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Caon, Luisella, Moragh S. Gordon and Thijs Porck 2024 Introduction: Unlocking the history of English Unlocking the History of English: Pragmatics, prescriptivism and text types, Caon, Luisella, Moragh S. Gordon and Thijs Porck (eds.), pp. 1–7 | Chapter
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Porck, Thijs, Moragh S. Gordon and Luisella Caon 2024 Introduction: Keys to the history of English Keys to the History of English: Diachronic linguistic change, morpho-syntax and lexicography, Porck, Thijs, Moragh S. Gordon and Luisella Caon (eds.), pp. 1–7 | Chapter
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Porck, Thijs and Jodie E.V. Mann 2014 How Cnut became Canute (and how Harthacnut became Airdeconut) NOWELE 67:2, pp. 237–243 | Article
This article discusses the development of the spelling for the name of Cnut the Great, Viking king of England from 1016 to 1035, from <Cnut> to <Canute>. The origin of this polysyllabic spelling is uncertain and has been attributed to taboo deflection, the simplification of the consonant cluster… read more