English regional dialect lexis in the names and occupations of the Gloucestershire Cotswolds: A reassessment of the relationship between names and dialects

Parkin, Harry

Abstract

© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston. A number of surname-based studies have presented a relationship between medieval regional dialect lexis and the distribution of associated modern-day surnames. However, by carrying out localised research, it appears that the two might not be so closely linked as previously thought, with discrepancies in the distribution of regionally specific names and equivalent occupational descriptions. As a result, there seems to be a need to reconsider the connection between regional lexicons and corresponding name stocks, which may have been less closely related, at a period of non-hereditary by-naming, than current knowledge suggests.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 30, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 7, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 3, 2016
• Journal: Dialectologia et Geolinguistica
• Print ISSN: 0942-4040
• Electronic ISSN: 1867-0903
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 24-37
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/dialect-2015-0002
• Keywords: names, naming, Gloucestershire, Cotswolds, dialects
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/843875
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/dialect-2015-0002
• Contract Date: Mar 7, 2016