246014833 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code SLCS 148 Hb 15 9789027206152 06 10.1075/slcs.148 13 2013037575 00 BB 08 805 gr 10 01 JB code SLCS 02 0165-7763 02 148.00 01 02 Studies in Language Companion Series Studies in Language Companion Series 01 01 Meaning in the History of English Words and texts in context Meaning in the History of English: Words and texts in context 1 B01 01 JB code 442190204 Andreas H. Jucker Jucker, Andreas H. Andreas H. Jucker University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/442190204 2 B01 01 JB code 882190205 Daniela Landert Landert, Daniela Daniela Landert University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/882190205 3 B01 01 JB code 968190206 Annina Seiler Seiler, Annina Annina Seiler University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/968190206 4 B01 01 JB code 66190207 Nicole Studer-Joho Studer-Joho, Nicole Nicole Studer-Joho University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/66190207 01 eng 11 355 03 03 vii 03 00 348 03 01 23 420.9 03 2013 PE1075 04 English language--History. 04 Historical linguistics. 10 LAN009000 12 CF/2AB 24 JB code LIN.ENG English linguistics 24 JB code LIN.HL Historical linguistics 24 JB code LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 01 06 02 00 The papers in this volume pay close attention to these interactions and assess both the details of the texts and entire texts within their relevant contexts. All the papers deal with data from the history of English. 03 00 Uncovering the meaning of individual words or entire texts is a complex process that needs to take into consideration the multiple interactions of linguistic organization including orthography, morphology, syntax and, ultimately, pragmatics. The papers in this volume pay close attention to these interactions and assess both the details of the texts and entire texts within their relevant contexts. All the papers deal with data from the history of English, and they cover a wide range from Old English manuscripts to Early Modern English letters and medical texts to Late Modern English cant vocabulary. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/slcs.148.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027206152.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027206152.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/slcs.148.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/slcs.148.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/slcs.148.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/slcs.148.hb.png 01 01 JB code slcs.148.001pre 06 10.1075/slcs.148.001pre vii viii 2 Article 1 01 04 Preface Preface 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.148.01juc 06 10.1075/slcs.148.01juc 1 16 16 Article 2 01 04 Uncovering layers of meaning in the history of the English language Uncovering layers of meaning in the history of the English language 1 A01 01 JB code 425199158 Andreas H. Jucker Jucker, Andreas H. Andreas H. Jucker University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/425199158 2 A01 01 JB code 636199159 Daniela Landert Landert, Daniela Daniela Landert University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/636199159 3 A01 01 JB code 715199160 Annina Seiler Seiler, Annina Annina Seiler University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/715199160 4 A01 01 JB code 909199161 Nicole Studer-Joho Studer-Joho, Nicole Nicole Studer-Joho University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/909199161 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.148.00sec1 06 10.1075/slcs.148.00sec1 Section header 3 01 04 Part I. Graphemics and phonology Part I. Graphemics and phonology 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.148.02wal 06 10.1075/slcs.148.02wal 19 38 20 Article 4 01 04 Layers of reading in the Old English Bede Layers of reading in the Old English Bede 01 04 The case of Oxford Corpus Christi College 279B The case of Oxford Corpus Christi College 279B 1 A01 01 JB code 891199162 Christine Wallis Wallis, Christine Christine Wallis University of Sheffield 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/891199162 01 eng 30 00

The Old English translation of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History (the “Old English Bede”) has been studied for what it can tell us about translation practices and the state of learning in Anglo-Saxon England. However, although some Old English Bede manuscripts have been comparatively well-studied, very little attention has been paid to Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MS. 279B. This article examines the different layers of scribal activity discernible in that manuscript, reviewing in turn the performances of the main scribe, the corrector, the scribe responsible for chapter initials, and a later writer who provided “scratched glosses” (glosses incised in vellum with a pointed instrument, rather than ink) to parts of the text. It demonstrates that in each layer of production, the scribes were hampered by a difficulty in accessing some aspects of the language of the text they were interacting with, and shows the different strategies employed to overcome these difficulties.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.03sta 06 10.1075/slcs.148.03sta 39 60 22 Article 5 01 04 Unlikely-looking Old English verb forms Unlikely-looking Old English verb forms 1 A01 01 JB code 593199163 Eric Gerald Stanley Stanley, Eric Gerald Eric Gerald Stanley University of Oxford 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/593199163 01 eng 30 00

This paper argues against the sense of certainty which editions and paradigms of Old English may have given us, texts emended quite often with several editors in agreement based on grammars now almost always unanimous in general and in detail. The manuscripts in which the texts have come down to us contain many rare forms of words, and these, especially when unique, may invite emendation to eliminate what is not easily explained. Unusual verb forms may be evidence that the verbal system of Old English was in a state of flux towards the end of the Anglo-Saxon period, the age to which the manuscripts belong. Textual and grammatical certainty and scholarly unanimity have led to the elimination of verb forms that look unlikely and feel uncomfortable in a grammar-dominated subject.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.04dur 06 10.1075/slcs.148.04dur 63 80 18 Article 6 01 04 On the importance of noting uncertainty in etymological research On the importance of noting uncertainty in etymological research 01 04 Some implications of a re-examination of the etymology of road Some implications of a re-examination of the etymology of road 1 A01 01 JB code 395199164 Philip Durkin Durkin, Philip Philip Durkin Oxford English Dictionary 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/395199164 01 eng 30 00

The traditional view of the etymology of modern English road is that it shows a semantic development of the reflex of Old English rād, Middle English (southern) rōd, (northern) rād, recorded in senses including ‘action or an act of riding’ (related to Old English rīdan ‘to ride’). The etymology of road is not, however, so secure as is often assumed. In particular, the types rod and rode that are found from an early date in Older Scots in the meaning ‘path or way’ are very difficult to reconcile with the southern English word, either assuming the traditional etymology or (as I will show here) if alternative etymological hypotheses are also tested closely. It is here that the methodological implications of this example are found: all etymologies are ultimately hypotheses, but while some rest on a very secure evidential basis, others are much less certain; such examples must be treated with caution when used as evidence for sound change or as examples of pathways of semantic change, and it is crucial that such uncertainty is flagged clearly in the historical linguistic literature.*

01 01 JB code slcs.148.00sec2 06 10.1075/slcs.148.00sec2 Section header 7 01 04 Part II. Lexicology and semantics Part II. Lexicology and semantics 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.148.05rua 06 10.1075/slcs.148.05rua 81 98 18 Article 8 01 04 "A Wiltshire word, according to Kennett" “A Wiltshire word, according to Kennett” 01 04 The contribution of MS Lansd. 1033 to Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847) The contribution of MS Lansd. 1033 to Halliwell’s Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847) 1 A01 01 JB code 25199165 Javier Ruano-García Ruano-García, Javier Javier Ruano-García Universidad de Salamanca 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/25199165 01 eng 30 00

This paper aims to cast light upon the making of Halliwell’s Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847) focusing on some of the regional material contained in it. In particular, the paper examines the contribution of White Kennett’s unpublished Etymological Collections of English Words and Provincial Expressions, also known as MS Lansd. 1033, so as to measure the extent to which Halliwell relied on this hitherto unexplored source of regional lexis in the making of his dictionary. The analysis shows that Kennett’s manuscript furnished a significant amount of data to Halliwell’s work and that Halliwell treated them with care. At the same time, the analysis lays emphasis both on the linguistic legacy of Kennett’s work and the need for further research into one of the key sources of dialect words of the Late Modern English period prior to the publication of Joseph Wright’s English Dialect Dictionary.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.06cha 06 10.1075/slcs.148.06cha 99 128 30 Article 9 01 04 Enforcing or effacing useful distinctions? Enforcing or effacing useful distinctions? 01 04 Imply vs. infer Imply vs. infer 1 A01 01 JB code 639199166 Don Chapman Chapman, Don Don Chapman Brigham Young University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/639199166 01 eng 30 00

This paper examines the development of infer and imply from their first uses in the fifteenth century to the present, using the EEBO and COHA corpora. Both words have more complex histories than the prescriptive rule regulating them would suggest, and their development illustrates the movement towards subjective and intersubjective meanings often seen in semantic change. Both words began with an ‘impersonal entail’ sense, which developed into a ‘personal suggest’ sense for imply, and possibly for some instances of infer. Two other paths to the proscribed ‘suggest’ sense of infer become noticeable in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. First, the ‘deduce’ sense of infer started to be used in contexts in which someone both presumably made an inference and reported that inference. Second, infer began to be used to soften possibly face-threatening statements. The rise of the prescriptive rule, however, likely effaced, rather than encouraged, this nascent distinction.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.07but 06 10.1075/slcs.148.07but 129 154 26 Article 10 01 04 The role of context in the meaning specification of cant and slang words in eighteenth-century English The role of context in the meaning specification of cant and slang words in eighteenth-century English 1 A01 01 JB code 78199167 Roxanne But But, Roxanne Roxanne But University of Sheffield 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/78199167 01 eng 30 00

This paper aims to explore the ways in which context is necessary for the meaning construction and understanding of the cant lexis (“thieves’ slang”) in actual language use. Taking a historical pragmatic approach, I investigate the use of one cant term (cull) in eighteenth-century texts drawn from two electronic resources: The Old Bailey Proceedings Online and The Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). My historical discourse analysis of cull demonstrates that context plays a dynamic role in the meaning specification of the term and that different layers of context (linguistic, textual, socio-historical, and cultural) need to be considered in relation to each other for understanding how the meanings of cull are negotiated and appropriated in real language use.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.00sec3 06 10.1075/slcs.148.00sec3 Section header 11 01 04 Part III. Syntax Part III. Syntax 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.148.08ber 06 10.1075/slcs.148.08ber 157 184 28 Article 12 01 04 Let's talk about uton Let’s talk about uton 1 A01 01 JB code 894199168 Linda Bergen Bergen, Linda Linda Bergen The University of Edinburgh 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/894199168 01 eng 30 00

This paper discusses the form and behavior of Old English uton in relation to the question of whether it is a verb or not. Its lack of participation in the reduction process affecting finite verbs followed by and is difficult to account for if uton were still a verb form synchronically. The same holds for its apparently completely fixed syntactic position and the failure of the negative particle ne to attach to it. Not treating it as a verb would mean that uton constructions are without a finite verb, and it would make a very small number of examples hard to analyze but, on balance, the evidence suggests that uton had probably grammaticalized to a point where speakers no longer treated it as a verb.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.09tyr 06 10.1075/slcs.148.09tyr 185 210 26 Article 13 01 04 Exploring part-of-speech profiles and authorship attribution in Early Modern medical texts Exploring part-of-speech profiles and authorship attribution in Early Modern medical texts 1 A01 01 JB code 636199169 Jukka Tyrkkö Tyrkkö, Jukka Jukka Tyrkkö University of Tampere 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/636199169 01 eng 30 00

Historical linguists frequently find themselves working with primary texts of uncertain or dubious origin. Sometimes the author of a text is not known at all or the authorship has been contested on the basis of book-historical evidence; but, whatever the reason is, uncertainties about authorship can lead to problems if the linguistic characteristics of the text are ascribed to the supposed or conventionally accepted author. This exploratory paper evaluates the usefulness of a method of authorship attribution that is based on cluster analysis of part-of-speech frequencies. While far from perfect, the method is shown to be a useful addition to the methodological toolkit of the historical corpus linguist by allowing quick diagnostic analysis of similarities between texts.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.10iye 06 10.1075/slcs.148.10iye 211 230 20 Article 14 01 04 The positioning of adverbial clauses in the Paston letters The positioning of adverbial clauses in the Paston letters 1 A01 01 JB code 82199170 Yoko Iyeiri Iyeiri, Yoko Yoko Iyeiri Kyoto University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/82199170 01 eng 30 00

The present paper discusses the ordering of main and adverbial subordinate clauses in the fifteenth-century Paston letters and tests whether there is continuity between Middle English and Present-day English discourse organizations. The adverbial clauses investigated in the following discussion are those introduced by if, though (although), when, because (be cause), and till (until). It is known that in contemporary English, conditional clauses tend to precede the main clause, whereas causal clauses are likely to follow the main clause. Moreover, temporal clauses like when-clauses and till-clauses present intermediate situations, according to Diessel (2001, 2005). This is largely applicable to Middle English, but there are some additional features worthy of note in the Paston letters. The ordering between main and subordinate clauses seems to be conditioned by: (1) information structure, (2) the length of subordinate clauses, and (3) the juxtaposition of two subordinating conjunctions.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.00sec4 06 10.1075/slcs.148.00sec4 Section header 15 01 04 Part IV. Genres Part IV. Genres 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.148.11leh 06 10.1075/slcs.148.11leh 233 256 24 Article 16 01 04 Complexity and genre conventions Complexity and genre conventions 01 04 Text structure and coordination in Early Modern English proclamations Text structure and coordination in Early Modern English proclamations 1 A01 01 JB code 865199171 Anu Lehto Lehto, Anu Anu Lehto University of Helsinki 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/865199171 01 eng 30 00

This study analyzes complexity in Early Modern English proclamations from 1500 to 1707 in the Corpus of Early Modern English Statutes (1491–1707). The complexity features chosen for analysis are coordination and textual structure. The study shows that text structure and layout are important in signaling dependencies between sentences in legal writing.Coordination can link clauses and lexical items, and clausal coordination in the data is most frequent before 1550, while phrasal coordination is more numerous in the seventeenth century. The frequencies are affected by extralinguistic changes such as the beginning of printing of legal documents. Further, the genre of proclamations is systematic in the Early Modern period, and the various coordinating clauses have specific functions.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.12kop 06 10.1075/slcs.148.12kop 257 300 44 Article 17 01 04 Formulaic discourse across Early Modern English medical genres Formulaic discourse across Early Modern English medical genres 01 04 Investigating shared lexical bundles Investigating shared lexical bundles 1 A01 01 JB code 412199172 Joanna Kopaczyk Kopaczyk, Joanna Joanna Kopaczyk Adam Mickiewicz University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/412199172 01 eng 30 00

This paper offers a corpus-driven investigation into the formulaic nature of Early Modern English medical genres. The aim of this study is to answer three related questions: (1) to what extent various text categories in medical discourse share the same lexico-syntactic choices?; (2) what stable and fixed lexico-syntactic patterns repeat across various texts related to medicine?; and (3) is there a diachronic dimension to the employment of these repetitive strings? The study is based on the recently published electronic corpus of Early Modern English Medical Texts (EMEMT, 1500–1700, Taavitsainen et al. 2010) and uses the lexical bundle method (Biber et al. 1999) to extract 3-grams from the normalized version of the corpus. The diachronic distribution of 3-grams across medical texts shows an increase in the number of text categories which share lexical bundles. When it comes to specific 3-grams, the paper presents a diachronic overview of the most prominent semantic areas where overlaps of fixed strings occur among text categories, e.g. quantification, body parts, time and sequence, or ingredients. The study has also found important overlaps in purely functional contexts, e.g. in clarification, modality or efficacy expressions, and in structural frames, e.g. copula constructions and prepositional phrase fragments. With the help of an objective, frequency-driven corpus tool, the common lexico-syntactic core of early modern medical discourse could be established. At the same time, clusters of text categories sharing the same preferences could emerge.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.13syl 06 10.1075/slcs.148.13syl 301 318 18 Article 18 01 04 "Treasure of pore men", "countrymans friend" or "gentlewomans companion"? “Treasure of pore men”, “countrymans friend” or “gentlewomans companion”? 01 04 On the use of interpersonal strategies in the titles of Early Modern English medical texts On the use of interpersonal strategies in the titles of Early Modern English medical texts 1 A01 01 JB code 112199173 Marta Sylwanowicz Sylwanowicz, Marta Marta Sylwanowicz University of Social Sciences Warsaw 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/112199173 01 eng 30 00

The aim of the article is to investigate whether the Early Modern English (EModE) medical writers were aware of the role of titles in informing the reader about the content of the texts. The analysis attempts also to find out what strategies were employed to adapt the texts to the intended audience. The data come from the Early Modern English Medical Texts (EMEMT) corpus which includes texts that were published between 1500 and 1700. These texts were written by university-trained physicians and non-learned practitioners of medicine and seem to be the most representative source that provides an overview of medical practice that prevailed in Early Modern English, whether learned or non-learned.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.14gru 06 10.1075/slcs.148.14gru 319 342 24 Article 19 01 04 "I saw ye Child burning in ye fire" “I saw ye Child burning in ye fire” 01 04 Evidentiality in Early Modern English witness depositions Evidentiality in Early Modern English witness depositions 1 A01 01 JB code 602199174 Peter J. Grund Grund, Peter J. Peter J. Grund University of Kansas 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/602199174 01 eng 30 00

This article explores the use of evidentials, or markers of source of information in witness depositions from England in the period 1680–1710. By comparing the results with those from a previous study on the Salem witch trials (Grund 2012), I point to significant similarities in the linguistic forms and deployment of markers signaling sensory evidence, inference, assumption, and quotatives (i.e. information based on what other people have said). I also demonstrate the importance of considering the socio-historical and situational context in the interpretation of the evidentials: the legal setting and concerns such as appearing reliable and credible or not providing potentially questionable evidence probably significantly influenced deponents’ choices of evidential strategies.

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Jucker University of Zurich 2 B01 01 JB code 882190205 Daniela Landert Landert, Daniela Daniela Landert University of Zurich 3 B01 01 JB code 968190206 Annina Seiler Seiler, Annina Annina Seiler University of Zurich 4 B01 01 JB code 66190207 Nicole Studer-Joho Studer-Joho, Nicole Nicole Studer-Joho University of Zurich 01 eng 11 355 03 03 vii 03 00 348 03 24 JB code LIN.ENG English linguistics 24 JB code LIN.HL Historical linguistics 24 JB code LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 10 LAN009000 12 CF/2AB 01 06 02 00 The papers in this volume pay close attention to these interactions and assess both the details of the texts and entire texts within their relevant contexts. All the papers deal with data from the history of English. 03 00 Uncovering the meaning of individual words or entire texts is a complex process that needs to take into consideration the multiple interactions of linguistic organization including orthography, morphology, syntax and, ultimately, pragmatics. The papers in this volume pay close attention to these interactions and assess both the details of the texts and entire texts within their relevant contexts. All the papers deal with data from the history of English, and they cover a wide range from Old English manuscripts to Early Modern English letters and medical texts to Late Modern English cant vocabulary. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/slcs.148.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027206152.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027206152.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/slcs.148.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/slcs.148.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/slcs.148.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/slcs.148.hb.png 01 01 JB code slcs.148.001pre 06 10.1075/slcs.148.001pre vii viii 2 Article 1 01 04 Preface Preface 01 01 JB code slcs.148.01juc 06 10.1075/slcs.148.01juc 1 16 16 Article 2 01 04 Uncovering layers of meaning in the history of the English language Uncovering layers of meaning in the history of the English language 1 A01 01 JB code 425199158 Andreas H. Jucker Jucker, Andreas H. Andreas H. Jucker University of Zurich 2 A01 01 JB code 636199159 Daniela Landert Landert, Daniela Daniela Landert University of Zurich 3 A01 01 JB code 715199160 Annina Seiler Seiler, Annina Annina Seiler University of Zurich 4 A01 01 JB code 909199161 Nicole Studer-Joho Studer-Joho, Nicole Nicole Studer-Joho University of Zurich 01 01 JB code slcs.148.00sec1 06 10.1075/slcs.148.00sec1 Section header 3 01 04 Part I. Graphemics and phonology Part I. Graphemics and phonology 01 01 JB code slcs.148.02wal 06 10.1075/slcs.148.02wal 19 38 20 Article 4 01 04 Layers of reading in the Old English Bede Layers of reading in the Old English Bede 01 04 The case of Oxford Corpus Christi College 279B The case of Oxford Corpus Christi College 279B 1 A01 01 JB code 891199162 Christine Wallis Wallis, Christine Christine Wallis University of Sheffield 01 01 JB code slcs.148.03sta 06 10.1075/slcs.148.03sta 39 60 22 Article 5 01 04 Unlikely-looking Old English verb forms Unlikely-looking Old English verb forms 1 A01 01 JB code 593199163 Eric Gerald Stanley Stanley, Eric Gerald Eric Gerald Stanley University of Oxford 01 01 JB code slcs.148.04dur 06 10.1075/slcs.148.04dur 63 80 18 Article 6 01 04 On the importance of noting uncertainty in etymological research On the importance of noting uncertainty in etymological research 01 04 Some implications of a re-examination of the etymology of road Some implications of a re-examination of the etymology of road 1 A01 01 JB code 395199164 Philip Durkin Durkin, Philip Philip Durkin Oxford English Dictionary 01 01 JB code slcs.148.00sec2 06 10.1075/slcs.148.00sec2 Section header 7 01 04 Part II. Lexicology and semantics Part II. Lexicology and semantics 01 01 JB code slcs.148.05rua 06 10.1075/slcs.148.05rua 81 98 18 Article 8 01 04 "A Wiltshire word, according to Kennett" “A Wiltshire word, according to Kennett” 01 04 The contribution of MS Lansd. 1033 to Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847) The contribution of MS Lansd. 1033 to Halliwell’s Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847) 1 A01 01 JB code 25199165 Javier Ruano-García Ruano-García, Javier Javier Ruano-García Universidad de Salamanca 01 01 JB code slcs.148.06cha 06 10.1075/slcs.148.06cha 99 128 30 Article 9 01 04 Enforcing or effacing useful distinctions? Enforcing or effacing useful distinctions? 01 04 Imply vs. infer Imply vs. infer 1 A01 01 JB code 639199166 Don Chapman Chapman, Don Don Chapman Brigham Young University 01 01 JB code slcs.148.07but 06 10.1075/slcs.148.07but 129 154 26 Article 10 01 04 The role of context in the meaning specification of cant and slang words in eighteenth-century English The role of context in the meaning specification of cant and slang words in eighteenth-century English 1 A01 01 JB code 78199167 Roxanne But But, Roxanne Roxanne But University of Sheffield 01 01 JB code slcs.148.00sec3 06 10.1075/slcs.148.00sec3 Section header 11 01 04 Part III. Syntax Part III. Syntax 01 01 JB code slcs.148.08ber 06 10.1075/slcs.148.08ber 157 184 28 Article 12 01 04 Let's talk about uton Let’s talk about uton 1 A01 01 JB code 894199168 Linda Bergen Bergen, Linda Linda Bergen The University of Edinburgh 01 01 JB code slcs.148.09tyr 06 10.1075/slcs.148.09tyr 185 210 26 Article 13 01 04 Exploring part-of-speech profiles and authorship attribution in Early Modern medical texts Exploring part-of-speech profiles and authorship attribution in Early Modern medical texts 1 A01 01 JB code 636199169 Jukka Tyrkkö Tyrkkö, Jukka Jukka Tyrkkö University of Tampere 01 01 JB code slcs.148.10iye 06 10.1075/slcs.148.10iye 211 230 20 Article 14 01 04 The positioning of adverbial clauses in the Paston letters The positioning of adverbial clauses in the Paston letters 1 A01 01 JB code 82199170 Yoko Iyeiri Iyeiri, Yoko Yoko Iyeiri Kyoto University 01 01 JB code slcs.148.00sec4 06 10.1075/slcs.148.00sec4 Section header 15 01 04 Part IV. Genres Part IV. Genres 01 01 JB code slcs.148.11leh 06 10.1075/slcs.148.11leh 233 256 24 Article 16 01 04 Complexity and genre conventions Complexity and genre conventions 01 04 Text structure and coordination in Early Modern English proclamations Text structure and coordination in Early Modern English proclamations 1 A01 01 JB code 865199171 Anu Lehto Lehto, Anu Anu Lehto University of Helsinki 01 01 JB code slcs.148.12kop 06 10.1075/slcs.148.12kop 257 300 44 Article 17 01 04 Formulaic discourse across Early Modern English medical genres Formulaic discourse across Early Modern English medical genres 01 04 Investigating shared lexical bundles Investigating shared lexical bundles 1 A01 01 JB code 412199172 Joanna Kopaczyk Kopaczyk, Joanna Joanna Kopaczyk Adam Mickiewicz University 01 01 JB code slcs.148.13syl 06 10.1075/slcs.148.13syl 301 318 18 Article 18 01 04 "Treasure of pore men", "countrymans friend" or "gentlewomans companion"? “Treasure of pore men”, “countrymans friend” or “gentlewomans companion”? 01 04 On the use of interpersonal strategies in the titles of Early Modern English medical texts On the use of interpersonal strategies in the titles of Early Modern English medical texts 1 A01 01 JB code 112199173 Marta Sylwanowicz Sylwanowicz, Marta Marta Sylwanowicz University of Social Sciences Warsaw 01 01 JB code slcs.148.14gru 06 10.1075/slcs.148.14gru 319 342 24 Article 19 01 04 "I saw ye Child burning in ye fire" “I saw ye Child burning in ye fire” 01 04 Evidentiality in Early Modern English witness depositions Evidentiality in Early Modern English witness depositions 1 A01 01 JB code 602199174 Peter J. Grund Grund, Peter J. Peter J. Grund University of Kansas 01 01 JB code slcs.148.15nam 06 10.1075/slcs.148.15nam 343 344 2 Article 20 01 04 Name index Name index 01 01 JB code slcs.148.16sub 06 10.1075/slcs.148.16sub 345 348 4 Article 21 01 04 Subject index Subject index 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 00 20131218 C 2013 John Benjamins D 2013 John Benjamins 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027206152 WORLD 03 01 JB 17 Google 03 https://play.google.com/store/books 21 01 00 Unqualified price 00 99.00 EUR 01 00 Unqualified price 00 83.00 GBP 01 00 Unqualified price 00 149.00 USD 959014834 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code SLCS 148 Eb 15 9789027270894 06 10.1075/slcs.148 00 EA E107 10 01 JB code SLCS 02 0165-7763 02 148.00 01 02 Studies in Language Companion Series Studies in Language Companion Series 11 01 JB code jbe-all 01 02 Full EBA collection (ca. 4,200 titles) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-all 01 02 Complete backlist (3,208 titles, 1967–2015) 05 02 Complete backlist (1967–2015) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-linguistics 01 02 Subject collection: Linguistics (2,773 titles, 1967–2015) 05 02 Linguistics (1967–2015) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-slcs 01 02 Studies in Language Companion Series (vols. 1–171, 1978–2015) 05 02 SLCS (vols. 1–171, 1978–2015) 01 01 Meaning in the History of English Words and texts in context Meaning in the History of English: Words and texts in context 1 B01 01 JB code 442190204 Andreas H. Jucker Jucker, Andreas H. Andreas H. Jucker University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/442190204 2 B01 01 JB code 882190205 Daniela Landert Landert, Daniela Daniela Landert University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/882190205 3 B01 01 JB code 968190206 Annina Seiler Seiler, Annina Annina Seiler University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/968190206 4 B01 01 JB code 66190207 Nicole Studer-Joho Studer-Joho, Nicole Nicole Studer-Joho University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/66190207 01 eng 11 355 03 03 vii 03 00 348 03 01 23 420.9 03 2013 PE1075 04 English language--History. 04 Historical linguistics. 10 LAN009000 12 CF/2AB 24 JB code LIN.ENG English linguistics 24 JB code LIN.HL Historical linguistics 24 JB code LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 01 06 02 00 The papers in this volume pay close attention to these interactions and assess both the details of the texts and entire texts within their relevant contexts. All the papers deal with data from the history of English. 03 00 Uncovering the meaning of individual words or entire texts is a complex process that needs to take into consideration the multiple interactions of linguistic organization including orthography, morphology, syntax and, ultimately, pragmatics. The papers in this volume pay close attention to these interactions and assess both the details of the texts and entire texts within their relevant contexts. All the papers deal with data from the history of English, and they cover a wide range from Old English manuscripts to Early Modern English letters and medical texts to Late Modern English cant vocabulary. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/slcs.148.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027206152.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027206152.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/slcs.148.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/slcs.148.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/slcs.148.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/slcs.148.hb.png 01 01 JB code slcs.148.001pre 06 10.1075/slcs.148.001pre vii viii 2 Article 1 01 04 Preface Preface 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.148.01juc 06 10.1075/slcs.148.01juc 1 16 16 Article 2 01 04 Uncovering layers of meaning in the history of the English language Uncovering layers of meaning in the history of the English language 1 A01 01 JB code 425199158 Andreas H. Jucker Jucker, Andreas H. Andreas H. Jucker University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/425199158 2 A01 01 JB code 636199159 Daniela Landert Landert, Daniela Daniela Landert University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/636199159 3 A01 01 JB code 715199160 Annina Seiler Seiler, Annina Annina Seiler University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/715199160 4 A01 01 JB code 909199161 Nicole Studer-Joho Studer-Joho, Nicole Nicole Studer-Joho University of Zurich 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/909199161 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.148.00sec1 06 10.1075/slcs.148.00sec1 Section header 3 01 04 Part I. Graphemics and phonology Part I. Graphemics and phonology 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.148.02wal 06 10.1075/slcs.148.02wal 19 38 20 Article 4 01 04 Layers of reading in the Old English Bede Layers of reading in the Old English Bede 01 04 The case of Oxford Corpus Christi College 279B The case of Oxford Corpus Christi College 279B 1 A01 01 JB code 891199162 Christine Wallis Wallis, Christine Christine Wallis University of Sheffield 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/891199162 01 eng 30 00

The Old English translation of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History (the “Old English Bede”) has been studied for what it can tell us about translation practices and the state of learning in Anglo-Saxon England. However, although some Old English Bede manuscripts have been comparatively well-studied, very little attention has been paid to Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MS. 279B. This article examines the different layers of scribal activity discernible in that manuscript, reviewing in turn the performances of the main scribe, the corrector, the scribe responsible for chapter initials, and a later writer who provided “scratched glosses” (glosses incised in vellum with a pointed instrument, rather than ink) to parts of the text. It demonstrates that in each layer of production, the scribes were hampered by a difficulty in accessing some aspects of the language of the text they were interacting with, and shows the different strategies employed to overcome these difficulties.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.03sta 06 10.1075/slcs.148.03sta 39 60 22 Article 5 01 04 Unlikely-looking Old English verb forms Unlikely-looking Old English verb forms 1 A01 01 JB code 593199163 Eric Gerald Stanley Stanley, Eric Gerald Eric Gerald Stanley University of Oxford 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/593199163 01 eng 30 00

This paper argues against the sense of certainty which editions and paradigms of Old English may have given us, texts emended quite often with several editors in agreement based on grammars now almost always unanimous in general and in detail. The manuscripts in which the texts have come down to us contain many rare forms of words, and these, especially when unique, may invite emendation to eliminate what is not easily explained. Unusual verb forms may be evidence that the verbal system of Old English was in a state of flux towards the end of the Anglo-Saxon period, the age to which the manuscripts belong. Textual and grammatical certainty and scholarly unanimity have led to the elimination of verb forms that look unlikely and feel uncomfortable in a grammar-dominated subject.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.04dur 06 10.1075/slcs.148.04dur 63 80 18 Article 6 01 04 On the importance of noting uncertainty in etymological research On the importance of noting uncertainty in etymological research 01 04 Some implications of a re-examination of the etymology of road Some implications of a re-examination of the etymology of road 1 A01 01 JB code 395199164 Philip Durkin Durkin, Philip Philip Durkin Oxford English Dictionary 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/395199164 01 eng 30 00

The traditional view of the etymology of modern English road is that it shows a semantic development of the reflex of Old English rād, Middle English (southern) rōd, (northern) rād, recorded in senses including ‘action or an act of riding’ (related to Old English rīdan ‘to ride’). The etymology of road is not, however, so secure as is often assumed. In particular, the types rod and rode that are found from an early date in Older Scots in the meaning ‘path or way’ are very difficult to reconcile with the southern English word, either assuming the traditional etymology or (as I will show here) if alternative etymological hypotheses are also tested closely. It is here that the methodological implications of this example are found: all etymologies are ultimately hypotheses, but while some rest on a very secure evidential basis, others are much less certain; such examples must be treated with caution when used as evidence for sound change or as examples of pathways of semantic change, and it is crucial that such uncertainty is flagged clearly in the historical linguistic literature.*

01 01 JB code slcs.148.00sec2 06 10.1075/slcs.148.00sec2 Section header 7 01 04 Part II. Lexicology and semantics Part II. Lexicology and semantics 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.148.05rua 06 10.1075/slcs.148.05rua 81 98 18 Article 8 01 04 "A Wiltshire word, according to Kennett" “A Wiltshire word, according to Kennett” 01 04 The contribution of MS Lansd. 1033 to Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847) The contribution of MS Lansd. 1033 to Halliwell’s Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847) 1 A01 01 JB code 25199165 Javier Ruano-García Ruano-García, Javier Javier Ruano-García Universidad de Salamanca 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/25199165 01 eng 30 00

This paper aims to cast light upon the making of Halliwell’s Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847) focusing on some of the regional material contained in it. In particular, the paper examines the contribution of White Kennett’s unpublished Etymological Collections of English Words and Provincial Expressions, also known as MS Lansd. 1033, so as to measure the extent to which Halliwell relied on this hitherto unexplored source of regional lexis in the making of his dictionary. The analysis shows that Kennett’s manuscript furnished a significant amount of data to Halliwell’s work and that Halliwell treated them with care. At the same time, the analysis lays emphasis both on the linguistic legacy of Kennett’s work and the need for further research into one of the key sources of dialect words of the Late Modern English period prior to the publication of Joseph Wright’s English Dialect Dictionary.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.06cha 06 10.1075/slcs.148.06cha 99 128 30 Article 9 01 04 Enforcing or effacing useful distinctions? Enforcing or effacing useful distinctions? 01 04 Imply vs. infer Imply vs. infer 1 A01 01 JB code 639199166 Don Chapman Chapman, Don Don Chapman Brigham Young University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/639199166 01 eng 30 00

This paper examines the development of infer and imply from their first uses in the fifteenth century to the present, using the EEBO and COHA corpora. Both words have more complex histories than the prescriptive rule regulating them would suggest, and their development illustrates the movement towards subjective and intersubjective meanings often seen in semantic change. Both words began with an ‘impersonal entail’ sense, which developed into a ‘personal suggest’ sense for imply, and possibly for some instances of infer. Two other paths to the proscribed ‘suggest’ sense of infer become noticeable in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. First, the ‘deduce’ sense of infer started to be used in contexts in which someone both presumably made an inference and reported that inference. Second, infer began to be used to soften possibly face-threatening statements. The rise of the prescriptive rule, however, likely effaced, rather than encouraged, this nascent distinction.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.07but 06 10.1075/slcs.148.07but 129 154 26 Article 10 01 04 The role of context in the meaning specification of cant and slang words in eighteenth-century English The role of context in the meaning specification of cant and slang words in eighteenth-century English 1 A01 01 JB code 78199167 Roxanne But But, Roxanne Roxanne But University of Sheffield 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/78199167 01 eng 30 00

This paper aims to explore the ways in which context is necessary for the meaning construction and understanding of the cant lexis (“thieves’ slang”) in actual language use. Taking a historical pragmatic approach, I investigate the use of one cant term (cull) in eighteenth-century texts drawn from two electronic resources: The Old Bailey Proceedings Online and The Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). My historical discourse analysis of cull demonstrates that context plays a dynamic role in the meaning specification of the term and that different layers of context (linguistic, textual, socio-historical, and cultural) need to be considered in relation to each other for understanding how the meanings of cull are negotiated and appropriated in real language use.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.00sec3 06 10.1075/slcs.148.00sec3 Section header 11 01 04 Part III. Syntax Part III. Syntax 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.148.08ber 06 10.1075/slcs.148.08ber 157 184 28 Article 12 01 04 Let's talk about uton Let’s talk about uton 1 A01 01 JB code 894199168 Linda Bergen Bergen, Linda Linda Bergen The University of Edinburgh 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/894199168 01 eng 30 00

This paper discusses the form and behavior of Old English uton in relation to the question of whether it is a verb or not. Its lack of participation in the reduction process affecting finite verbs followed by and is difficult to account for if uton were still a verb form synchronically. The same holds for its apparently completely fixed syntactic position and the failure of the negative particle ne to attach to it. Not treating it as a verb would mean that uton constructions are without a finite verb, and it would make a very small number of examples hard to analyze but, on balance, the evidence suggests that uton had probably grammaticalized to a point where speakers no longer treated it as a verb.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.09tyr 06 10.1075/slcs.148.09tyr 185 210 26 Article 13 01 04 Exploring part-of-speech profiles and authorship attribution in Early Modern medical texts Exploring part-of-speech profiles and authorship attribution in Early Modern medical texts 1 A01 01 JB code 636199169 Jukka Tyrkkö Tyrkkö, Jukka Jukka Tyrkkö University of Tampere 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/636199169 01 eng 30 00

Historical linguists frequently find themselves working with primary texts of uncertain or dubious origin. Sometimes the author of a text is not known at all or the authorship has been contested on the basis of book-historical evidence; but, whatever the reason is, uncertainties about authorship can lead to problems if the linguistic characteristics of the text are ascribed to the supposed or conventionally accepted author. This exploratory paper evaluates the usefulness of a method of authorship attribution that is based on cluster analysis of part-of-speech frequencies. While far from perfect, the method is shown to be a useful addition to the methodological toolkit of the historical corpus linguist by allowing quick diagnostic analysis of similarities between texts.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.10iye 06 10.1075/slcs.148.10iye 211 230 20 Article 14 01 04 The positioning of adverbial clauses in the Paston letters The positioning of adverbial clauses in the Paston letters 1 A01 01 JB code 82199170 Yoko Iyeiri Iyeiri, Yoko Yoko Iyeiri Kyoto University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/82199170 01 eng 30 00

The present paper discusses the ordering of main and adverbial subordinate clauses in the fifteenth-century Paston letters and tests whether there is continuity between Middle English and Present-day English discourse organizations. The adverbial clauses investigated in the following discussion are those introduced by if, though (although), when, because (be cause), and till (until). It is known that in contemporary English, conditional clauses tend to precede the main clause, whereas causal clauses are likely to follow the main clause. Moreover, temporal clauses like when-clauses and till-clauses present intermediate situations, according to Diessel (2001, 2005). This is largely applicable to Middle English, but there are some additional features worthy of note in the Paston letters. The ordering between main and subordinate clauses seems to be conditioned by: (1) information structure, (2) the length of subordinate clauses, and (3) the juxtaposition of two subordinating conjunctions.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.00sec4 06 10.1075/slcs.148.00sec4 Section header 15 01 04 Part IV. Genres Part IV. Genres 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.148.11leh 06 10.1075/slcs.148.11leh 233 256 24 Article 16 01 04 Complexity and genre conventions Complexity and genre conventions 01 04 Text structure and coordination in Early Modern English proclamations Text structure and coordination in Early Modern English proclamations 1 A01 01 JB code 865199171 Anu Lehto Lehto, Anu Anu Lehto University of Helsinki 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/865199171 01 eng 30 00

This study analyzes complexity in Early Modern English proclamations from 1500 to 1707 in the Corpus of Early Modern English Statutes (1491–1707). The complexity features chosen for analysis are coordination and textual structure. The study shows that text structure and layout are important in signaling dependencies between sentences in legal writing.Coordination can link clauses and lexical items, and clausal coordination in the data is most frequent before 1550, while phrasal coordination is more numerous in the seventeenth century. The frequencies are affected by extralinguistic changes such as the beginning of printing of legal documents. Further, the genre of proclamations is systematic in the Early Modern period, and the various coordinating clauses have specific functions.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.12kop 06 10.1075/slcs.148.12kop 257 300 44 Article 17 01 04 Formulaic discourse across Early Modern English medical genres Formulaic discourse across Early Modern English medical genres 01 04 Investigating shared lexical bundles Investigating shared lexical bundles 1 A01 01 JB code 412199172 Joanna Kopaczyk Kopaczyk, Joanna Joanna Kopaczyk Adam Mickiewicz University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/412199172 01 eng 30 00

This paper offers a corpus-driven investigation into the formulaic nature of Early Modern English medical genres. The aim of this study is to answer three related questions: (1) to what extent various text categories in medical discourse share the same lexico-syntactic choices?; (2) what stable and fixed lexico-syntactic patterns repeat across various texts related to medicine?; and (3) is there a diachronic dimension to the employment of these repetitive strings? The study is based on the recently published electronic corpus of Early Modern English Medical Texts (EMEMT, 1500–1700, Taavitsainen et al. 2010) and uses the lexical bundle method (Biber et al. 1999) to extract 3-grams from the normalized version of the corpus. The diachronic distribution of 3-grams across medical texts shows an increase in the number of text categories which share lexical bundles. When it comes to specific 3-grams, the paper presents a diachronic overview of the most prominent semantic areas where overlaps of fixed strings occur among text categories, e.g. quantification, body parts, time and sequence, or ingredients. The study has also found important overlaps in purely functional contexts, e.g. in clarification, modality or efficacy expressions, and in structural frames, e.g. copula constructions and prepositional phrase fragments. With the help of an objective, frequency-driven corpus tool, the common lexico-syntactic core of early modern medical discourse could be established. At the same time, clusters of text categories sharing the same preferences could emerge.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.13syl 06 10.1075/slcs.148.13syl 301 318 18 Article 18 01 04 "Treasure of pore men", "countrymans friend" or "gentlewomans companion"? “Treasure of pore men”, “countrymans friend” or “gentlewomans companion”? 01 04 On the use of interpersonal strategies in the titles of Early Modern English medical texts On the use of interpersonal strategies in the titles of Early Modern English medical texts 1 A01 01 JB code 112199173 Marta Sylwanowicz Sylwanowicz, Marta Marta Sylwanowicz University of Social Sciences Warsaw 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/112199173 01 eng 30 00

The aim of the article is to investigate whether the Early Modern English (EModE) medical writers were aware of the role of titles in informing the reader about the content of the texts. The analysis attempts also to find out what strategies were employed to adapt the texts to the intended audience. The data come from the Early Modern English Medical Texts (EMEMT) corpus which includes texts that were published between 1500 and 1700. These texts were written by university-trained physicians and non-learned practitioners of medicine and seem to be the most representative source that provides an overview of medical practice that prevailed in Early Modern English, whether learned or non-learned.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.14gru 06 10.1075/slcs.148.14gru 319 342 24 Article 19 01 04 "I saw ye Child burning in ye fire" “I saw ye Child burning in ye fire” 01 04 Evidentiality in Early Modern English witness depositions Evidentiality in Early Modern English witness depositions 1 A01 01 JB code 602199174 Peter J. Grund Grund, Peter J. Peter J. Grund University of Kansas 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/602199174 01 eng 30 00

This article explores the use of evidentials, or markers of source of information in witness depositions from England in the period 1680–1710. By comparing the results with those from a previous study on the Salem witch trials (Grund 2012), I point to significant similarities in the linguistic forms and deployment of markers signaling sensory evidence, inference, assumption, and quotatives (i.e. information based on what other people have said). I also demonstrate the importance of considering the socio-historical and situational context in the interpretation of the evidentials: the legal setting and concerns such as appearing reliable and credible or not providing potentially questionable evidence probably significantly influenced deponents’ choices of evidential strategies.

01 01 JB code slcs.148.15nam 06 10.1075/slcs.148.15nam 343 344 2 Article 20 01 04 Name index Name index 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.148.16sub 06 10.1075/slcs.148.16sub 345 348 4 Article 21 01 04 Subject index Subject index 01 eng
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