Stella & Rose's Books

Front cover

Contents

• Abbreviations and Symbols
• Introduction
• 0.1 Aims and purposes
• 0.2 Technical terminology
• 0.3 Standard English
• 1 Business Documents
• 1.1 Macaronic business documents
• 1.2 Description of source documents
• 2 Methodology
• 2.1 Previous studies
• 2.2 Inclusion of terms
• 2.3 Editorial procedure and how to use the Vocabulary Survey
• 3 Vocabulary Survey
• 3.1 Vocabulary concerned with constructions in the river
• 3.1.1 Terms for constructions and parts thereof built in the river
• 3.1.2 Terms for materials used in constructions in the river
• 3.1.3 Terms for tools used on constructions in the river
• 3.1.4 Terms for constructions in the river for shipping
• 3.2 Vocabulary concerned with fishing in the river
• 3.2.1 Terms for devices in the Thames for trapping fish
• 3.2.2 Terms for types of fish sound in the Thames
• 3.2.3 Terms for collective nouns for fish found in the Thames
• 3.2.4 An excursus on the names of fish brought to London by boat c.1270-1500
• 3.3 Vocabulary for states of the river
• 3.3.1 Terms for states of the water
• 3.3.2 Terms for states of the river bank and bed
• 3.3.3 Terms for inlets in the river
• 3.4 Vocabulary for objects put into the river
• 3.4.1 Terms for objects put into the river as refuse
• 3.4.2 Terms connected with waterproofed boats
• 3.4.3 Terms for other objects put into the river
• 3.5 Vocabulary concerned with shipping on the river
• 3.5.1 Terms for types of shipping
• 3.5.2 Terms for parts of shipping which are liable to touch the river frequently
• 3.5.3 Terms for ship's accessories which are dipped into the river
• 3.6 Trade names of people working on the river
• 4 Analysis of Headwords
• 4.1 Orthography
• 4.2 Phonology
• 3.3 Morphology
• 4.4 Place-names
• Bibliography
• Index of Headwords
• Gerneral Index