English Historical Linguistics 2006: Selected Papers From The Fourteenth International Conference On English Historical Linguistics (icehl 14), Bergamo, 21–25 August 2006. Volume Ii: Lexical And Semantic Change

English Historical Linguistics 2006 volume II AMSTERDAM STUDIES IN THE THEORY AND HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE General Editor E.F.K. KOERNER (Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung, Berlin) Series IV – CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY Advisory Editorial Board Lyle Campbell (Salt Lake City) Sheila Embleton (Toronto) Elly van Gelderen (Tempe, Ariz.) Brian D. Joseph (Columbus, Ohio) John E. Joseph (Edinburgh) Manfred Krifka (Berlin) Martin Maiden (Oxford) E. Wyn Roberts (Vancouver, B.C.) Joseph C. Salmons (Madison, Wis.) Volume 296 Richard Dury, Maurizio Gotti and Marina Dossena (eds.) English Historical Linguistics 2006. Volume II: Lexical and Semantic Change. Selected papers from the fourteenth International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL 14), Bergamo, 21-25 August 2006 English Historical Linguistics 2006 Volume II: Lexical and Semantic Change Selected papers from the fourteenth International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL 14), Bergamo, 21–25 August 2006 Edited by Richard Dury Maurizio Gotti Marina Dossena University of Bergamo JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY AMSTERDAM/PHILADELPHIA 4- The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American ­National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (14th : 2006 : Bergamo University)   English historical linguistics 2006 : selected papers from the fourteenth international conference on English historical linguistics (ICEHL 14), Bergamo, 21-25 August 2006.        p. cm. -- (Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, ISSN 0304-0763 ; v. 296) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1.  English language--Grammar, Historical--Congresses. 2.  English language--History--Congresses.  I. Gotti, Maurizio. II. Dossena, Marina, 1961- III. Dury, Richard. IV. Title. V. Series. PE1075.I57    2008 425--dc22 2008002770 ISBN 978 90 272 4811 4 (Hb; alk. paper) © 2008 – John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. • P.O.Box 36224 • 1020 ME Amsterdam • The Netherlands John Benjamins North America • P.O.Box 27519 • Philadelphia PA 19118-0519 • USA Table of contents Foreword Introduction vii ix Part I.  Pragmatic and stylistic choices 1 Politeness in the history of English   Andreas H. Jucker 3 The which is most and right harde to answere: Intensifying right and most in earlier English   Belén Méndez-Naya 31 The diachronic development of the intensifier bloody: A case study in historical pragmatics   Stefania Biscetti 53  ariation and change in the writings of 17th century scientists V   Lilo Moessner 75 Part II.  Lexical and semantic change 95 The convergence of two need verbs in Middle English   Lucía Loureiro-Porto 97  ivalry among the verbs of wanting R   Minoji Akimoto 117 A look at respect: Investigating metonymies in Early Modern English   Heli Tissari 139 Germanic vs French fixed expressions in Middle English prose: Towards a corpus-based historical English phraseology   Manfred Markus 159 Latin loanwords of the early modern period: How often did French act as an intermediary?   Philip Durkin 185 vi Table of contents Disseisin: The lexeme and the legal fact in Early Middle English   R.W. McConch