An Analysis of French Borrowings at the Hypernymic and Hyponymic Levels of Middle English
This paper analyses a large dataset of Middle English vocabulary from nine domains which has been arranged into a semantic hierarchy. It focuses on the distribution of French-origin borrowings at various levels of technicality and at various levels of co-hyponymic density (i.e. the number of words p...
Main Authors: | Louise Sylvester, Megan Tiddeman, Richard Ingham |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2020-12-01
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Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/lexis/4841 |
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