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.
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Meaning in the History of English: Words and texts in context (Studies in Language Companion Series)

Andreas H Jucker; International Conference on English Historical Linguistics

Seiler, Annina; Studer-Joho, Nicole; Jucker, Andreas H.; Landert, Daniela

Jucker, Andreas H., Landert, Daniela, Seiler, Annina, Studer-Joho, Nicole

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Meaning in the History of English 1
Editorial page 2
Title page 3
LCC data 4
Table of contents 5
Preface 7
Uncovering layers of meaning in the history
of the English language 9
1. Introduction 9
2. Layers of meaning 10
3. The significance of context 12
4. New resources for old and new questions 13
5. Overview 14
6. Conclusion 22
References 22
Layers of reading in the Old English Bede 27
1. Introduction 27
2. The manuscript 28
3. Scribal repetitions 31
4. “Conservative” textual emendations 33
5. Phonological emendations 36
6. Chapter-initial capitals 38
7. Scratched glosses 40
8. Conclusion 44
References 45
Unlikely-looking Old English verb forms 47
1. Setting the scene 47
2. strade for strude? 48
3. abunne for abanne or abonne? 51
4. aetan = etan; aettan, aytan, aydan: Preterit aytte; ahyþan 53
5. agette in Riddle 83 line 7 57
6. Eadwine’s gloss æge fille rendering ad implebo 61
7. Conclusion 63
References 64
On the importance of noting uncertainty in etymological research 71
1. The traditional view 71
1.1 The etymology in outline 71
1.2 The principal meanings in English and parallels for these among cognates in other Germanic languages 72
1.3 Dating the emergence of the meaning ‘road’ 73
2. Exploring a complex set of forms and meanings recorded
in Older Scots 73
3. A radically different etymological hypothesis, for both English road ‘road’ and Older Scots rode, rod ‘road’ (Word C) 76
4. Two further hypotheses in brief 78
4.1 False analysis of Old English trod in compounds 78
4.2 A possible Celtic input 78
5. A review of evidence that Old English rād or its reflex may have
had the meaning ‘road’ before the late sixteenth century 79
5.1 Evidence from the meanings of cognates in other Germanic languages 79
5.2 The Celtic angle revisited 79
5.3 Old English -rād as the second element of compounds 80
5.4 A possible fourteenth-century example 80
5.5 Evidence from place names 81
5.6 Evidence from later regional varieties of English 81
5.7 Evidence from Scots 83
6. Summing up road 84
7. Some broader implications 85
References 86
Dictionaries 87
“A Wiltshire word, according to Kennett” 89
1. Introduction 89
2. Halliwell’s Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847):
An overview 90
3. MS Lansd. 1033: A brief description 95
4. MS Lansd. 1033 and DAP 97
5. Concluding remarks 103
References 104
Enforcing or effacing useful distinctions? 107
1. Introduction 107
2. History of imply 110
3. History of infer 117
4. From ‘personal deduce’ to ‘personal suggest’ 122
5. Polite use of infer 126
6. Influence of prescriptive rules 132
Data 135
References 135
The role of context in the meaning specification of cant and slang words in eighteenth-century English 137
1. Introduction 137
2. Contextualising language use: What is context? 139
3. Meaning specificity in dictionary definitions: A case study
of the term cull 141
4. The material 143
4.1 The texts 143
4.2 Search procedures 145
5. Meaning construction of cull in actual language use:
Evidence from historical data 148
5.1 Code term for a victim: A contextual analysis of cull in the Proceedings 148
5.2 Celebrating the criminal lifestyle: A contextual analysis
of cull in ECCO 152
5.2.1 Use of the term cull in verse 153
5.2.2 Use of the term cull in prose 156
6. Conclusion 157
Acknowledgements 159
Data 159
References 159
Appendix 1: Old Bailey Proceedings references 161
Appendix 2: References for printed material from ECCO 161
Let’s talk about uton* 165
1. Introduction 165
2. The form of uton 168
3. The position of uton within the clause 175
4. Uton and negation 182
5. Problems with classifying uton as non-verbal 184
6. Conclusion 188
References 189
Exploring part-of-speech profiles and authorship attribution in Early Modern medical texts 193
1. Introduction 193
2. Authorship attribution 195
3. EMEMT 197
3.1 Word class annotation 198
4. Method 199
5. Results and discussion 202
5.1 Text type effect and evidence against shared authorship 208
5.2 Explaining ‘false positives’, or what to do with unexplained similarities 212
6. Discussion and conclusion 213
Data 214
References 215
Appendix 1. Relative distances of clusters by wordclass 217
The positioning of adverbial clauses in the Paston letters* 219
1. Introduction 219
2. The organization of the present research 222
3. Overall tendencies and discussion 224
4. The length of adverbial clauses 229
5. An additional factor 231
6. Conclusion 233
References 235
Appendix 1. Adverbial clauses in initial, medial, and final positions
(raw frequencies) 237
Appendix 2. Short adverbial clauses in initial, medial, and final positions (raw frequencies) 237
Appendix 3. Adverbial clauses in initial, medial, and final positions within subordinate clauses (raw frequencies) 237
Complexity and genre conventions 241
1. Introduction 241
2. The genre of proclamations: Sociohistorical context 243
3. Complexity and legal language 245
4. The Corpus of Early Modern English Statutes 247
5. Layout and textual structure 249
6. Coordination 252
7. Coordination and sociohistorical context 260
8. Conclusion 261
References 262
Formulaic discourse across Early Modern English medical genres 265
1. Introduction: Formulaic discourse in historical texts 265
2. Lexical bundles in historical research 267
2.1 Introduction to lexical bundles 267
2.2 Lexical bundles in historical corpora 268
2.3 Lexical bundles: Solutions for EMEMT 270
3. Formulaic language in medical texts 271
3.1 Previous scholarship 271
3.2 Narrowing down the research questions 272
4. Investigating formulaicity in EMEMT text categories 274
4.1 Degree of overlap: A diachronic outlook 274
4.2 Lexical bundle overlaps: Semantic areas 276
4.2.1 Quantification, measurements and dosage 276
4.2.2 The body and its parts 279
4.2.3 Time and sequence 282
4.2.4 Ingredients 283
4.2.5 Quality description 284
4.2.6 Explicit reference to disease and cure 285
4.2.7 Reference to abstract nouns 285
4.2.8 Reference to humans 286
4.3 Lexical bundle overlaps: Functional areas 287
4.3.1 Clarification 287
4.3.2 Conditionals 289
4.3.3 Modality and hedges 290
4.3.4 Efficacy phrase fragments 292
4.3.5 Directives 293
4.4 Lexical bundle overlaps: Structural frames 294
4.4.1 Copula verbs 294
4.4.2 Prepositional phrase fragments 295
5. General observations and further research 296
Data 297
References 297
Appendix 301
“Treasure of pore men”, “countrymans friend” or “gentlewomans companion”? On the use of interpersonal strategies in the titles of Early Modern English medical texts 309
1. Introduction 309
2. Early Modern English medical texts 311
3. Materials and method 312
4. References to the reader (overt and covert references) 313
5. References to authorities 319
6. Names of medical compilations 321
7. Conclusions 323
Data 324
References 324
“I saw ye Child burning in ye fire” 327
1. Introduction 327
2. Material and method 329
3. Evidentials in ETED 333
3.1 Linguistic realizations 333
3.2 Semantic categories and pragmatic functions 336
3.2.1 Quotatives 338
3.2.2 Sensory 339
3.2.3 Inference 342
3.2.4 Assumption 343
4. Conclusion 346
Data 347
References 347
“I saw ye Child burning in ye fire” 327
1. Introduction 327
2. Material and method 329
3. Evidentials in ETED 333
3.1 Linguistic realizations 333
3.2 Semantic categories and pragmatic functions 336
3.2.1 Quotatives 338
3.2.2 Sensory 339
3.2.3 Inference 342
3.2.4 Assumption 343
4. Conclusion 346
Data 347
References 347
Name index 351
Subject index 353

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. Edited By Andreas H. Jucker, Daniela Landert, Annina Seiler And Nicole Studer-joho, University Of Zurich. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Content: 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.

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 sett

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