On the impact of Horae Subsecivae on the EDD’s coverage of western words: The contribution of an unpublished glossary to our knowledge of historical lexical variation in some western dialects

This paper examines the contribution of Horae Subsecivae to Joseph Wright's (1855–1930) English Dialect Dictionary (1896–1905) (EDD). Horae Subsecivae (‘spare hours’) is an obscure manuscript glossary that was possibly compiled by Robert Wight of Wotton-under-Edge in c.1777–78, and is now prese...

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Autor: Ruano García, Francisco Javier
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Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
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spelling On the impact of Horae Subsecivae on the EDD’s coverage of western words: The contribution of an unpublished glossary to our knowledge of historical lexical variation in some western dialectsRuano García, Francisco JavierHorae SubsecivaeJoseph WrightEnglish Dialect DictionaryEDD5705.02 EtnolingüisticaThis paper examines the contribution of Horae Subsecivae to Joseph Wright's (1855–1930) English Dialect Dictionary (1896–1905) (EDD). Horae Subsecivae (‘spare hours’) is an obscure manuscript glossary that was possibly compiled by Robert Wight of Wotton-under-Edge in c.1777–78, and is now preserved amongst Wright's papers at the Bodleian Library as Bodl. MS Eng. lang. d. 66. Even though it has received little scholarly attention, Horae Subsecivae has a substantial dialect element, with a large number of words cited from Devonshire, Dorset, Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire and Worcestershire. The manuscript went largely unnoticed by 18th- and 19th-century collections, and remains virtually unknown today perhaps owing to its extensive use of Latin, but it drew the attention of Joseph Wright, who employed it frequently to represent some western dialects. Drawing on the electronic version of the EDD (EDD Online; Markus, 2019a), the paper is situated within forensic dictionary analysis (Coleman & Ogilvie, 2009), which ‘uses evidence-based methodologies to interrogate the dictionaries themselves about decision-making processes involved in their compilation’ (1). In this framework, I combine archival material with quantitative and qualitative approaches to the data retrieved from EDD Online in order to ascertain the proportion of words that are cited from the manuscript, and to assess the treatment they are given. Attention is paid to their function in the context of the dictionary, labels, the western dialects about which the manuscript provides more extensive information, as well as the entries in which it is cited as the only source for words, ascriptions and senses. This paper highlights the outstanding contribution of Horae Subsecivae to the EDD, while stressing that it notably improves our knowledge of lexical variation in the dialects of the South West and the lower West Midlands. They can only benefit from further inspection as they ‘are neither as easily found nor as well researched as those of the north’ (Melchers, 2010: 82).Cambrigde University Pressinfo202420242022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/156516reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1565162026-06-07T06:28:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv On the impact of Horae Subsecivae on the EDD’s coverage of western words: The contribution of an unpublished glossary to our knowledge of historical lexical variation in some western dialects
title On the impact of Horae Subsecivae on the EDD’s coverage of western words: The contribution of an unpublished glossary to our knowledge of historical lexical variation in some western dialects
spellingShingle On the impact of Horae Subsecivae on the EDD’s coverage of western words: The contribution of an unpublished glossary to our knowledge of historical lexical variation in some western dialects
Ruano García, Francisco Javier
Horae Subsecivae
Joseph Wright
English Dialect Dictionary
EDD
5705.02 Etnolingüistica
title_short On the impact of Horae Subsecivae on the EDD’s coverage of western words: The contribution of an unpublished glossary to our knowledge of historical lexical variation in some western dialects
title_full On the impact of Horae Subsecivae on the EDD’s coverage of western words: The contribution of an unpublished glossary to our knowledge of historical lexical variation in some western dialects
title_fullStr On the impact of Horae Subsecivae on the EDD’s coverage of western words: The contribution of an unpublished glossary to our knowledge of historical lexical variation in some western dialects
title_full_unstemmed On the impact of Horae Subsecivae on the EDD’s coverage of western words: The contribution of an unpublished glossary to our knowledge of historical lexical variation in some western dialects
title_sort On the impact of Horae Subsecivae on the EDD’s coverage of western words: The contribution of an unpublished glossary to our knowledge of historical lexical variation in some western dialects
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ruano García, Francisco Javier
author Ruano García, Francisco Javier
author_facet Ruano García, Francisco Javier
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Horae Subsecivae
Joseph Wright
English Dialect Dictionary
EDD
5705.02 Etnolingüistica
topic Horae Subsecivae
Joseph Wright
English Dialect Dictionary
EDD
5705.02 Etnolingüistica
description This paper examines the contribution of Horae Subsecivae to Joseph Wright's (1855–1930) English Dialect Dictionary (1896–1905) (EDD). Horae Subsecivae (‘spare hours’) is an obscure manuscript glossary that was possibly compiled by Robert Wight of Wotton-under-Edge in c.1777–78, and is now preserved amongst Wright's papers at the Bodleian Library as Bodl. MS Eng. lang. d. 66. Even though it has received little scholarly attention, Horae Subsecivae has a substantial dialect element, with a large number of words cited from Devonshire, Dorset, Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire and Worcestershire. The manuscript went largely unnoticed by 18th- and 19th-century collections, and remains virtually unknown today perhaps owing to its extensive use of Latin, but it drew the attention of Joseph Wright, who employed it frequently to represent some western dialects. Drawing on the electronic version of the EDD (EDD Online; Markus, 2019a), the paper is situated within forensic dictionary analysis (Coleman & Ogilvie, 2009), which ‘uses evidence-based methodologies to interrogate the dictionaries themselves about decision-making processes involved in their compilation’ (1). In this framework, I combine archival material with quantitative and qualitative approaches to the data retrieved from EDD Online in order to ascertain the proportion of words that are cited from the manuscript, and to assess the treatment they are given. Attention is paid to their function in the context of the dictionary, labels, the western dialects about which the manuscript provides more extensive information, as well as the entries in which it is cited as the only source for words, ascriptions and senses. This paper highlights the outstanding contribution of Horae Subsecivae to the EDD, while stressing that it notably improves our knowledge of lexical variation in the dialects of the South West and the lower West Midlands. They can only benefit from further inspection as they ‘are neither as easily found nor as well researched as those of the north’ (Melchers, 2010: 82).
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