03347cam a2200421 i 4500 17906388 20140407130229.0 131011t20132013ne a b 001 0 eng c 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 1 shelf copies policy default OU xk04 2013-10-17 to Dewey xl01 2013-10-18 xn08 2014-01-23 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. rl09 2014-03-20 ; to CALM 2013037575 9789027206152 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9027206155 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9789027270894 (ebk.) 9027270899 (ebk.) OU/DLC eng OU rda DLC pcc PE1075 .M598 2013 420.9 23 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. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013] ©2013 vi, 348 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 148 Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. English language History. Historical linguistics. Jucker, Andreas H., editor of compilation. Landert, Daniela, editor of compilation. Seiler, Annina, editor of compilation. Studer-Joho, Nicole, editor of compilation. Studies in language companion series ; v. 148. OUCIP 2013-10-14