Sunnyside - A Sociolinguistic History of British House Names

Sunnyside discusses changes to British house names from medieval naming practices to the present-day. The demise of pub names and shop names such as la Worm on the Hope and the Golden Tea Kettle & Speaking Trumpet are detailed alongside the rise of heraldic names such as the Red Lion.

List of contents

• List of Abbreviations


• Acknowledgements


• List of illustrations


• Introduction


• 1: The Earliest London House Names


• 2: Victorian Villas


• 3: London's First Sunnysiders


• 4: Religion, Fame, and Sunnyside


• 5: Sunnyside and the North


• Appendix 1 Pre-1400 London House Names


• Appendix 2 House Names from William Porlond's Book


• Appendix 3 Stagecoach Names


• Sunnyside Gazetteer


• References


• Index

About the author

Dr Laura Wright is a historical sociolinguist. As an undergraduate she studied English Language at the University of Edinburgh, and completed her doctorate at the University of Oxford, where she analysed the grammatical and lexical make-up of the Medieval Latin/Anglo-Norman French/Middle English mixed-language documents of London Bridge. She is currently a Reader in English Language at the University of Cambridge, where she has worked since 1996. She publishes on medieval mixed-language business writing, on the development of extraterritorial Englishes, on the language of London and trading, and the development of place-names.

Summary

Sunnyside discusses changes to British house names from medieval naming practices to the present-day. The demise of pub names and shop names such as la Worm on the Hope and the Golden Tea Kettle & Speaking Trumpet are detailed alongside the rise of heraldic names such as the Red Lion.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Wright, Laura (Professor of English Wright, Wright Laura
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.03.2020
• EAN: 9780197266557
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726655-7
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: British Academy Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Historical Geography, Sociolinguistics, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Historical Geography, REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps, Place names and gazetteers, Place Names & Gazetteers