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Sources of London English: Medieval Thames Vocabulary

by Laura Wright. 248 pgs.

Contributors:

   Laura Wright

Publisher:

   Clarendon Press

Place of Publication:

  Oxford  

Publication Year:

  1996

Subjects:

English Language--Dialects--England--London--Texts, English Language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Dialects--Texts, English Language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Lexicology, English Language--Dialects--England--Thames Valley, River Life--England--Thames River--Terminology, Shipping--England--Thames River--Terminology, Fishing--England--Thames River--Terminology, River Life--England--London--Terminology, Social History--Medieval, 500-1500, London (England)--Social Life And Customs--To 1500

	Contents
	Abbreviations and Symbols	ix
	Introduction	1
	0.1 Aims and purposes	1
	0.2 Technical terminology	2
	0.3 Standard English	3
1	Business Documents	5
	1.1 Macaronic business documents	5
	1.2 Description of source documents	12
2	Methodology	16
	2.1 Previous studies	16
	2.2 Inclusion of terms	16
	2.3 Editorial procedure and how to use the Vocabulary Survey	17
3	Vocabulary Survey	20
	3.I Vocabulary concerned with constructions in the river	20
	3.1.1 Terms for constructions and parts thereof built in the river	20
	3.1.2 Terms for materials used in constructions in the river	26
	3.1.3 Terms for tools used on constructions in the river	36
	3.1.4 Terms for constructions in the river for shipping	44
	3.2 Vocabulary concerned with fishing in the river	54
	3.2.1 Terms for devices in the Thames for trapping fish	54
	3.2.2 Terms for types of fish found in the Thames	84
	3.2.3 Terms for collective nouns for fish found in the Thames	94
	3.2.4 An excursus on the names of fish brought to London by boat c. 1270-1500	97
	3.3 Vocabulary for states of the river	115
	3.3.1 Terms for states of the water	115
	3.3.2 Terms for states of the river bank and bed	120
	3.3.3 Terms for inlets in the river	123
	3.4 Vocabulary for objects put into the river	125
	3.4.1 Terms for objects put into the river as refuse	125
	3.4.2 Terms connected with waterproofed boats	130
	3.4.3 Terms for other objects put into the river	134
	3.5 Vocabulary concerned with shipping on the river	138
	3.5.1 Terms for types of shipping	138
	3.5.2 Terms for parts of shipping which are liable to touch the river frequently	152
	3.5.3 Terms for ship's accessories which are dipped into the river	168
	3.6 Trade names of people working on the river	176
	4 Analysis of Headwords	190
	4.1 Orthography	190
	4.2 Phonology	194
	4.3 Morphology	207
	4.4 Place-names	212
	Bibliography	214
	Index of Headwords	237
	General Index	241

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