Culinary verbs in Middle English

by Magdalena Bator

Overview

This study examines the range of culinary verbs found in the English culinary recipes of the 14th and 15th centuries. Over 1500 recipes and 100 verbs have been analyzed. They have been divided into three major groups: cooking, cutting, and preparing. Such aspects as their origin, rivalry of synonyms, contexts etc. have been taken into consideration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631654286
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	07/17/2014
Series:	Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature , #46
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Magdalena Bator studied at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). Currently she is a lecturer at the School of English at the University of Social Sciences in Warsaw (Poland). Her research interests focus on various aspects of English historical linguistics, in particular historical lexicology.

Table of Contents

Contents: 14^th century – 15^th century – Culinary recipes – Culinary Verbs – Middle English – Semantic groups – Synonyms.