The impact of Horae Subsecivae on the EDD's coverage of western words: The contribution of an unpubl...
The impact of Horae Subsecivae on the EDD's coverage of western words: The contribution of an unpublished glossary to our knowledge of historical lexical variation in some western dialects
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
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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...
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The impact of Horae Subsecivae on the EDD's coverage of western words: The contribution of an unpublished glossary to our knowledge of historical lexical variation in some western dialects
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2792179983
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2792179983
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0266-0784
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1474-0567
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10.1017/S0266078421000043
