Lexical diffusion in the History of English

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21720178
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Chuo University
• Principal Investigator: HOTTA Ryuichi 中央大学, 文学部, 准教授 (30440267)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2012
• Keywords: 英語史 / 言語変化 / 歴史言語学 / 語彙拡散 / 中英語 / 近代英語 / コーパス言語学

Research Abstract

Lexical Diffusion has been proposed as a theory that explains the way in which language change proceeds, but few serious attempts have been made to test its theoretical validity by applying it to particular language changes. The present researc

Research Products

• [Journal Article] "The Order and Schedule of Nominal Plural Formation Transfer in Three Southern Dialects of Early Middle English" English Historical Linguistics 2010: Selected Papers from the Sixteenth International Conference on English Historical Li (2012)
  • Author(s): Hotta, Ryuichi
  • Journal Title: Iren Hegedus and Alexandra Fodor. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pages: 94-113
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Noun-Verb Stress Alternation: Its Nineteenth-Century Development and Its Earlier Historical Backgrounds (2012)
  • Author(s): Hotta, Ryuichi
  • Journal Title: Lexicon Volume: 42 Pages: 79-94
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Leaders and Laggers of Language Change: Nominal Plural Forms in -s in Early Middle English (2010)
  • Author(s): Hotta, Ryuichi
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Institute of Cultural Science (The 30th Anniversary Issue II) Volume: 68 Pages: 1-17
• [Journal Article] Review of The Development of the Nominal Plural Forms in Early Middle English (2010)
  • Author(s): Hotta, Ryuichi
  • Journal Title: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature Volume: 25 Pages: 95-112
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] A LAEME-Based Study on the Levelling of Adjectival Inflections in Early Middle English (2012)
  • Author(s): Hotta, Ryuichi
  • Organizer: The 17th International Conference of English Historical Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: University of Zurich
  • Year and Date: 2012-08-23
• [Presentation] Textual Peculiarities and Textual Transmission of the Poema Morale, MS M. (2011)
  • Author(s): Hotta, Ryuichi
  • Organizer: The 7th International Conference on Middle English
  • Place of Presentation: University of Lviv
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-03
• [Presentation] Auchinleck MS のロマンスと中英語方言 個別化の視点から (2011)
  • Author(s): 堀田隆一
  • Organizer: 日本英文学会第83回全国大会 「中世ロマンスと<個>の多様性」シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 北九州大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-05-21
• [Presentation] What Determined the Schedule of the s-Plural Diffusion in Southern Dialects of Early Middle English? (2010)
  • Author(s): Hotta, Ryuichi
  • Organizer: The 16th International Conference of English Historical Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: University of Pec
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-24
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://c-faculty.chuo-u.ac.jp/~rhotta