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SOURCES OF LONDON ENGLISH: MEDIEVAL THAMES VOCABULARY

by Laura Wright

Published by Clarendon Press. 1st. 1996

Very good condition. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine.

A few marks to boards. Small bookplate to top of front pastedown.

ISBN: 0198239092
Stock no. 1820957

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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

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