LINGUIST List 9.849

Tue Jun 9 1998

Disc: Recent Change in English

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

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1. jcuesta, Re: 9.702, Disc: Recent changes in English
2. Sian Etherington, recent changes in English
3. Anthea Fallen-Bailey, Changes in English...

Message 1: Re: 9.702, Disc: Recent changes in English

I was wondering whether the fact that the ending -ly is not
historically an adverbial ending has something to do with the
preference that speakers have always had (throughout the history of
English) for the use of adverbial forms without an ending: I work
hard. What about "it looks good", even if the adverb is from a
different root (well)? I'd like to hear something more about this
matter.

Julia Fernandez Cuesta
University of Seville
Spain 

RE: the use of original language versions of Royal names (Juan Carlos
etc.) This seems to me to be similar to the growing trends to use
names of cities in appropriate languages rather translating into
English equivalents. The BBC uses "Beijing" now instead of "Peking"
and I have also heard "Athina" and "Thessaloniki". --
______________________________________________________________ Sian
Etherington mailto: siansjh.bi.umist.ac.uk 23 Crossfield Grove tel:
0161 483 7745 Woodsmoor, Stockport SK27EQ fax: 0161 483 7745

In response to A.M.R.'s comment on the names of royalty being
anglicised or not through various historical periods in English, I
wonder whether the (modern?) differences in treatment come from a
specific royal person being a ruler (or future ruler, in history
books) of England.....

To clarify: King Juan Carlos, Queen Beatrix, Crown Prince
Willem-Alexander, etc., are all "foreign" to England, i.e., they are
not ruling England/Britain. In the past, the Orange family did come
to rule England -- William and Mary -- and their names were
anglicised.....as might be expected, I suggest, given that these
people were ruling an English-speaking population. Admittedly, past
Spanish kings are referred to in English texts as Charles, not Carlos,
even though they were obviously not rulers of Britain. Perhaps
"Charles" because it is easily transformed from "Carlos"... (and/or a
very common name) ?? And in other countries...?

Just a thought, not a theory....

Anthea.