Preface and Acknowledgments

Dasher, Richard B.

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511486500.001

Regularity in Semantic Change 2001

DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511486500.001

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Preface and Acknowledgments

Richard B. Dasher¹

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Practitioner from Instrument: Metonymy in Names for Physicians in the History of English

Toupin

2018

Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies

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I focus here on several names for the physician in the history of English, which I suggest have metonymically evolved from names of medical instruments. I will first briefly discuss the importance of metonymy in semantic change, and indicate the theoretical background of my analysis (section 2). The lexical items will be reviewed, and their use in context exemplified (section 3). I will look into the reasons for metonymization, and make a case for pejoration, a downward move in evaluative attitude on the part of a speech community. To substantiate this claim, cultural arguments will be put forward, and the types of contexts which first made the meaning ‘physician’ accessible will be suggested (section 4).

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Practitioner from Instrument: Metonymy in Names for Physicians in the History of English

Toupin

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Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies

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Preface and Acknowledgments

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