The paper takes into consideration the methodology adopted and results obtained in the analysis of the Early English Prose Corpus, in order to trace the presence of canting terms and expressions. The paper derives from a project aiming to find out whether the most frequent canting terms and expressions identified in 17th and 18th century dictionaries and glossaries are present in contemporary narrative works, so as to assess the actual use of these words in the literary compositions of the period and thus increase their degree of reliability. Another purpose of the investigation is to verify the meanings commonly attributed to these expressions and to compare them to the ones given them in contemporary lexicographic works. The presence of any terms appearing in canting contexts and not mentioned previously is also an object of this analysis.
L’articolo prende in considerazione la metodologia adottata e i risultati ottenuti nell’analisi dell’Early English Prose Corpus, al fine di verificare l’effettiva presenza nelle opere di carattere narrativo del 17° e 18° secolo di espressioni gergali comunemente riportate nei dizionari e glossari dedicati a tale varietà linguistica. Un altro scopo dell’articolo è quello di verificare i significati comunemente attribuiti a tali espressioni e confrontarli a quelli a loro attribuiti nelle opere lessicografiche di quel periodo. Lo scopo dell’analisi è inoltre quello di identificare i termini gergali presenti nel corpus e non menzionati precedentemente nelle opere lessicografiche su questo argomento.
(2002). Canting terms in early English prose [journal article - articolo]. In LINGUISTICA E FILOLOGIA. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/270
Canting terms in early English prose
GOTTI, Maurizio
2002-01-01
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The paper takes into consideration the methodology adopted and results obtained in the analysis of the Early English Prose Corpus, in order to trace the presence of canting terms and expressions. The paper derives from a project aiming to find out whether the most frequent canting terms and expressions identified in 17th and 18th century dictionaries and glossaries are present in contemporary narrative works, so as to assess the actual use of these words in the literary compositions of the period and thus increase their degree of reliability. Another purpose of the investigation is to verify the meanings commonly attributed to these expressions and to compare them to the ones given them in contemporary lexicographic works. The presence of any terms appearing in canting contexts and not mentioned previously is also an object of this analysis.File | Dimensione del file | Formato | |
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