29.4882, Books: Etymological Collections of English Words and Provincial Expressions: Ruano-Garcia (ed.), Kennett

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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 10:21:53
From: Alyssa Russell [Alyssa.Russell at oup.com]
Subject: Etymological Collections of English Words and Provincial Expressions: Ruano-Garcia (ed.), Kennett

 


Title: Etymological Collections of English Words and Provincial
Expressions 
Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/etymological-collections-of-english-words-and-provincial-expressions-9780198792710/?WT.mc_id=gl-ling-11-2018-01 


Author: White Kennett
Editor: Javier Ruano-Garcia

Hardback: ISBN:  9780198792710 Pages: 496 Price: U.S. $ 195.00


Abstract:

This book is the first critical edition of White Kennett's Etymologicon
Anglicanum (British Library, MS Lansdowne 1033), a long forgotten etymological
compilation of the late 1690s with a substantial amount of regional dialect
material. The work drew the attention of dialect lexicographers of the
nineteenth century, such as Joseph Wright, and serves as documentary evidence
for the OED.
This new scholarly edition of Kennett's glossary is divided into two parts.
The first includes a detailed introduction that situates Kennett in the
context of his time and of historical antiquarian scholarship. Javier
Ruano-Garcia also describes the manuscript and Kennett's method, paying close
attention to the regional dialect element and its lasting lexicographical
impact. Part II contains the annotated edition of the text with a substantial
commentary on its dialect material. The edition also offers a critical
apparatus that records Kennett's many alterations to the glossary so that
readers are able to see him at work and make sense of the process of
compilation.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Lexicography

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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