Thijs Porck

List of John Benjamins publications in which Thijs Porck is involved.

Titles

Unlocking the History of English: Pragmatics, prescriptivism and text types. Selected papers from the 21st ICEHL

Edited by Luisella Caon, Moragh S. Gordon and Thijs Porck

This volume brings together contributions selected from papers delivered at the 21st International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL, Leiden 2021). The chapters deal with aspects of language use throughout the history of English, including efforts to prescribe and regulate… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 364] 2024. viii, 253 pp.

Keys to the History of English: Diachronic linguistic change, morpho-syntax and lexicography. Selected papers from the 21st ICEHL

Edited by Thijs Porck, Moragh S. Gordon and Luisella Caon

This volume brings together contributions selected from papers delivered at the 21st International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL, Leiden 2021). The contributions deal with various aspects of English language across time and geographical space, shedding light on both long-term… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 363] 2024. vii, 235 pp.

Articles

Caon, Luisella, Moragh S. Gordon and Thijs Porck 2024 Introduction: Unlocking the history of English Unlocking the History of English: Pragmatics, prescriptivism and text types, Caon, Luisella, Moragh S. Gordon and Thijs Porck (eds.), pp. 1–7 | Chapter

Porck, Thijs, Moragh S. Gordon and Luisella Caon 2024 Introduction: Keys to the history of English Keys to the History of English: Diachronic linguistic change, morpho-syntax and lexicography, Porck, Thijs, Moragh S. Gordon and Luisella Caon (eds.), pp. 1–7 | Chapter

Porck, Thijs and Jodie E.V. Mann 2014 How Cnut became Canute (and how Harthacnut became Airdeconut) NOWELE 67:2, pp. 237–243 | Article

This article discusses the development of the spelling for the name of Cnut the Great, Viking king of England from 1016 to 1035, from <Cnut> to <Canute>. The origin of this polysyllabic spelling is uncertain and has been attributed to taboo deflection, the simplification of the consonant cluster… read more