Where did wer go? Lexical variation and change in third-person male adult noun referents in Old and Middle English

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F23%3AXACB6B2G" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/23:XACB6B2G - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-variation-and-change/article/where-did-wer-go-lexical-variation-and-change-in-thirdperson-male-adult-noun-referents-in-old-and-middle-english/ACD79AF4720055152859918AA8BAF4A1" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-variation-and-change/article/where-did-wer-go-lexical-variation-and-change-in-thirdperson-male-adult-noun-referents-in-old-and-middle-english/ACD79AF4720055152859918AA8BAF4A1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954394523000108" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0954394523000108</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Where did wer go? Lexical variation and change in third-person male adult noun referents in Old and Middle English

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

"The present study uses variationist quantitative methods to examine the evolution of the semantic field of third-person male adult noun referents from Old English to Middle English, covering a time depth of approximately six hundred years. Results show a shift from the favored variant wer in Old English to man in Middle English, with the diachronic change in frequency following a prototypical s-shaped distribution. Although the replacement seems to take centuries to be complete, lexical frequency and written transmission are proposed as influential explanatory factors, and a homonymic clash is suggested to have accelerated the process of replacement in Middle English. Text type and text origin contribute to variation, with alliteration significantly influencing lexical choices in Old English verse texts. When combined with findings from recent synchronic work, this study highlights a heterogeneously structured semantic domain, which has undergone lexical replacement and change over time, providing some evidence for the applicability of s-shaped patterns for lexical change."

Název v anglickém jazyce

Where did wer go? Lexical variation and change in third-person male adult noun referents in Old and Middle English

Popis výsledku anglicky

"The present study uses variationist quantitative methods to examine the evolution of the semantic field of third-person male adult noun referents from Old English to Middle English, covering a time depth of approximately six hundred years. Results show a shift from the favored variant wer in Old English to man in Middle English, with the diachronic change in frequency following a prototypical s-shaped distribution. Although the replacement seems to take centuries to be complete, lexical frequency and written transmission are proposed as influential explanatory factors, and a homonymic clash is suggested to have accelerated the process of replacement in Middle English. Text type and text origin contribute to variation, with alliteration significantly influencing lexical choices in Old English verse texts. When combined with findings from recent synchronic work, this study highlights a heterogeneously structured semantic domain, which has undergone lexical replacement and change over time, providing some evidence for the applicability of s-shaped patterns for lexical change."

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

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Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

"Language Variation and Change"

ISSN

0954-3945

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

35

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

199-221

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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