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The papers in this volume are linked by a common concern, which is at the centre of current linguistic enquiry: how do we classify and categorize linguistic data, and how does this process add to our understanding of linguistic change? The scene is set by Aitchison's paper on the development of linguistic categorization over the past few decades, followed by Biggam's critical overview of theoretical developments in colour semantics. Lexical classification in action is discussed in papers by Fischer, Kay and Sylvester on the structures of thesauruses, while detailed treatments of particular semantic areas are offered by Kleparski, Mikołajczuk, O'Hare and Peters. Papers by Lass, Laing and Williamson, and Smith are concerned with the nature of linguistic evidence in the context of the historical record, offering new insights into text typology, scribal language and vowel classification. Much of the data discussed is new and original.

Catégories grammaticales --- English language --- Anglais (Langue) --- Grammatical categories --- Congresses --- Grammar, Historical --- Congrès --- Grammaire historique --- Grammar [Historical ] --- Congresses. --- Grammatical categories. --- Grammar, Historical. --- Germanic languages

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This volume comprises essays in lexicography, lexicology and semantics by leading international experts in these fields. The contributions cover Old, Middle and Present-Day English and Scots, and specific subjects include medical vocabulary, colour lexemes, and semantic and pragmatic meaning in terms for politeness, money and humour. In the area of Old English studies there are articles on kinship terminology and colour lexemes, and in Middle English a semantic and syntactic study of the overlapping of the verbs dreden and douten. Many of the essays make use of the Historical Thesaurus of English project at the University of Glasgow, and pay tribute to its Director, Professor Christian Kay; e.g., one article demonstrates how the HTE, a project which is at the interface between historical semantics and lexicography, may present a rich resource for information about the lexicalization of concepts within our culture, such as changing social attitudes in the area of will, consent and coercion. Other resources, such as The Linguistic Atlas of Early Middle English , and the Oxford English Dictionary provide a rich source for information on historical lexicography, semantics and editing. A number of essays concern the Scots language, such as an analysis of evaluative terms in modern Scots speech and writing, the rich potential of rhyme in Scots, and the role of lexicon in th - fronting in Glaswegian.

Lexicology. Semantics --- English language --- Festschrift - Libri Amicorum --- Lexicography. --- Lexicology. --- Semantics. --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Language and languages --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Encyclopedias and dictionaries --- Dictionaries --- History and criticism --- Germanic languages --- Anglais (langue) --- Lexicographie --- Lexicologie --- Sémantique

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Lexicology. Semantics --- Lexicology --- Semantics --- Lexicography --- Lexicologie --- Sémantique --- Lexicographie --- Congresses --- Congrès --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- Linguistics / General --- Philology & Linguistics --- Languages & Literatures