Nu is þeo Leore For-Leten: Conventionality, Complexity and Substitution Sets in Historical English Spelling

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/SELIM/article/view/21036" target="_blank" >https://reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/SELIM/article/view/21036</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17811/selim.29.2024.109-125" target="_blank" >10.17811/selim.29.2024.109-125</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Nu is þeo Leore For-Leten: Conventionality, Complexity and Substitution Sets in Historical English Spelling

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper considers some assumptions about historical English spelling, in particular the idea that historical orthographies, in the absence of standardisation, naturally tend to a close spelling-sound correspondence. It focuses on the group of Early Middle English texts copied by the Tremulous Hand of Worcester in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century, and addresses the question to what extent it is fair to consider them representative of an archaising strategy, a product of antiquarian interest. It is suggested that, while the texts copied by the Tremulous Hand, like most Middle English copied texts, are likely to carry over some features from their exemplars, they reflect a competent use of English as a living written medium and are consistent with other twelfth- and thirteenth-century writing systems. Accordingly, there seems to be no reason to assume a specifically antiquarian motivation behind the Tremulous Hand’s spelling choices. Rather, they reflect three basic features that are present throughout the history of English writing: conventionality, complexity and the use of substitution sets.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Nu is þeo Leore For-Leten: Conventionality, Complexity and Substitution Sets in Historical English Spelling

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper considers some assumptions about historical English spelling, in particular the idea that historical orthographies, in the absence of standardisation, naturally tend to a close spelling-sound correspondence. It focuses on the group of Early Middle English texts copied by the Tremulous Hand of Worcester in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century, and addresses the question to what extent it is fair to consider them representative of an archaising strategy, a product of antiquarian interest. It is suggested that, while the texts copied by the Tremulous Hand, like most Middle English copied texts, are likely to carry over some features from their exemplars, they reflect a competent use of English as a living written medium and are consistent with other twelfth- and thirteenth-century writing systems. Accordingly, there seems to be no reason to assume a specifically antiquarian motivation behind the Tremulous Hand’s spelling choices. Rather, they reflect three basic features that are present throughout the history of English writing: conventionality, complexity and the use of substitution sets.

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

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

SELIM. Journal of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature.

ISSN

2792-3878

e-ISSN

1132-631X

Svazek periodika

29

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

109

Strana od-do

1-109-25

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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