Gregory, R. (2016) The Specificity of Generics: Semantic Development and Differentiation in Some East Midland Field-name Elements. Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland 25th Annual Conference, Maynooth University, Ireland, 15-18 Apr 2016. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
It has been convincingly argued by various scholars that the elements used in English major place-names frequently have very precise meanings. This is most easily demonstrated, perhaps, in landscape terminology, but is also the case with elements indicative of travel, industry, and defence, among others. Research on English microtoponyms has been a more recent focus, with a constantly increasing corpus of attestations (both published and unpublished), and the work which has been conducted using field- and minor names is naturally selective, and often localised. My own research on field-names in a small area of Nottinghamshire has created a corpus of roughly 6,000 names and over 10,000 attestations. This paper will use these data to examine whether the same semantic specificity can be found in these Nottinghamshire field-names as in England’s major names, using as examples several of the most commonly-occurring generic elements in my corpus.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item |
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| Status: | Unpublished |
| Refereed: | No |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Gregory, Dr Rebecca |
| Authors: | Gregory, R. |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain P Language and Literature > PE English P Language and Literature > PF West Germanic |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Language and Linguistics |
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