C5) FISER, BERGMANN; Variation and change in the form of the present participle in OED and eLALME

Database: Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English (eLALME)

Programs: Online search interfaces

Tasks:

• Look at the information given in the OED entries for "-ing, suffix²". Try to outline differences between this suffix and the Old English suffix "-ende" on the other.
• Try to judge the geographical distribution of the forms more precisely, with the help of the Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English. Can you create your own map?

Notes:

• The present participle is a separate item that you can search for.
• eLALME can be found at http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/ihd/elalme/elalme.html
• For drawing your own map, visit http://archive.ling.ed.ac.uk/ihd/elalme_scripts/mapping/user-defined_maps.html#).

Solution: Mini-project C5.pdf