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Adjectival compounds in ‐looking

A diachronic survey

Stanley Gerson University of Queensland,
Pages 51-61 | Published online: 21 Jul 2008

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  • Adams , V. 1973 . An Introduction to Modern English Word‐Formation London
  • Koziol , H. 1937 . Handbuch der englischen Wortbildungslehre Heidelberg
  • Lees , R. B. 1963 . The Grammar of English Nominalizations Bloomington
  • Marchand , H. 1960 . The Categories and Types of Present‐Day English Word‐Formation Wiesbaden
  • 1933 . Oxford English Dictionary Thirteen volumes , Oxford (O.E.D.)
  • Sheridan , T. 1967 . General Dictionary of the English Language 2 vols , Menston [1797]
  • In addition the following concordances have been consulted:
  • Bartlett , J. 1913 . Concordance to ... Shakespeare London
  • Domville , E. , ed. 1972 . Plays of W. B. Yeats 2 vols , Ithaca The Cornell Concordances to the Poems of Sir Philip Sidney (ed. H. S. Donow), to the Complete Writings of George Herbert (ed. M. Di Cesare), to the Plays of William Congreve (ed. D. Mann), to the Poems of Jonathan Swift (ed. M. Shinagel), to the Poems of Samuel Johnson (ed. H. Naugle), to the

A. Texts studied for the earliest period (to 1550)

  • Langland , William . 1867–77 . Piers Plowman Edited by: Skeat , W. W. 5 vols , London
  • Chaucer , Geoffrey . 1957 . Works Edited by: Robinson , F. N. London
  • Gower , John . 1968 . Confessio Amantis Edited by: Peck , R. A. New York (Selections)
  • Seymour , H. C. , ed. 1967 . Sir John Mandeville's Travels Oxford
  • Herrtage , S. J. , ed. 1879 . Gesta Romanorum London
  • Deimling , H. , ed. 1968 . The Chester Plays 2 vols , London
  • Toulmin Smith , L. , ed. 1963 . The York Plays New York
  • Cawley , A. C. , ed. 1958 . The Wakefield Pageants in the Towneley Cycle Manchester
  • Malory , Sir Thomas . 1977 . Works Edited by: Vinaver , E. Oxford
  • Caxton , William . 1970 . Reynard the Fox Edited by: Blake , N. F. London
  • Henryson , Robert . 1958 . Poems and Fables Edited by: Wood , H. H. Edinburgh
  • Dunbar , William . 1970 . Poems Edited by: Mackenzie , W. M. London
  • Skelton , John . 1970 . Complete Poems Edited by: Henderson , P. London

B. Texts studied 1550–1650

  • Ascham , Roger . 1904 . English Works Edited by: Wright , W. A. Cambridge [1545–1570]
  • Spenser , Edmund . 1965 . The Faerie Queene London [1589, 1596] (1)
  • Sidney , Sir Philip . 1951 . Apologie for Poetry Cambridge [1595]
  • Deloney , Thomas . 1967 . Works Edited by: Mann , F. O. Oxford [1596–1600]
  • Bacon , Sir Francis . 1906 . Essayes Edited by: Smeaton , O. London [1597]
  • Stow , John . 1908 . Survey of London Edited by: Kingsford , C. L. Oxford [1597]
  • Shakespeare , William . 1953 . Complete Works Edited by: Sisson , C. J. London [c. 1591‐c. 1612] (1)
  • Beaumont , Francis and Fletcher , John . Select Plays London n.d. [c. 1606‐c. 1616]
  • Overbury , Sir Thomas . 1856 . “ Characters ” . In Miscellaneous Works Edited by: Rimbault , E. F. London [1614]
  • Burton , Robert . 1932 . The Anatomy of Melancholy vol. 3 , London [1621]
  • Massinger , Philip . 1904 . Plays , (Mermaid Series) 2 vols , London [c. 1623‐c. 1636]
  • Browne , Sir Thomas . 1969 . Religio Medici London [1643]
  • _____ . 1964 . “ Pseudodoxia Epidemica (Vulgar Errors) ” . In Works Edited by: Keynes , G. vol. 2 , London [1646]

C. Texts studied 1650–1700

  • Osborne , Dorothy . 1888 . Letters to Sir William Temple Edited by: Barry , E. A. London [1652–54]
  • Walton , Izaac . 1906 . The Compleat Angler London [1653]
  • Pepys , Samuel . 1966 . Diary Edited by: Warrington , J. 3 vols , London [1660–69] (2)
  • Butler , Samuel . 1905 . Hudibras Edited by: Waller , A. R. Cambridge [1663–78]
  • Etherege , George . 1927 . Dramatic Works Edited by: Brett‐Smith , H. F. B. Oxford [1664–76]
  • Wycherley , William . 1967 . Complete Plays Edited by: Weales , G. New York [1672–77]
  • Bunyan , John . 1975 . The Pilgrim's Progress London [1678]
  • Dryden , John . 1966 . Poems Edited by: Dobrée , B. London [1649–1700]
  • Congreve , William . 1967 . Complete Plays Edited by: Davis , H. Chicago [1693–1700]

D. Texts studied 1700–1750

  • Farquhar , George . 1949 . Works Edited by: Archer , W. London [1698–1707]
  • Addison , Joseph Steele , Richard . 1965 . The Spectator Edited by: Bond , D. F. 5 vols , Oxford [1711–12, 1714]
  • Defoe , Daniel . 1920 . Journal of the Plague Year London [1720]
  • _____ . 1965 . Robinson Crusoe Harmondsworth [1719]
  • _____ . 1965 . Colonel Jack Edited by: Monk , S. H. London [1720] (1)
  • _____ . 1964 . Roxana Edited by: Jack , J. London [1724]
  • Swift , Jonathan . 1973 . Writings Edited by: Greenberg , R. A. New York [1697–1731]
  • Thomson , James . 1972 . The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence Edited by: Sambrook , J. Oxford [1730, 1748] (1)
  • Richardson , Samuel . 1962 . Pamela vol. 1 , London [1740]
  • Cibber , Colley . 1968 . Apology Edited by: Fone , B. R. S. Ann Arbor [1740]
  • Fielding , Henry . 1975 . Joseph Andrews London [1742] (1)
  • _____ . 1932 . Jonathan Wild London [1743]
  • _____ . 1966 . Tom Jones Harmondsworth [1749] (2)
  • Chesterfield , Lord . 1963 . Letters to his Son London [1739–65]
  • Smollett , Tobias . 1964 . Roderick Random New York [1748] (2)

E. Texts studied 1750–1800

  • Fielding , Henry . 1905 . Amelia 2 vols , London [1751] (7)
  • Boswell , James . 1958 . London Diary Edited by: Pottle , F. A. London [1762–63] (3)
  • Sterne , Laurence . 1941 . Tristram Shandy London [1760–67] (1)
  • _____ . 1937 . Sentimental Journey London [1768]
  • Walpole , Horace . 1963 . Selected Letters Edited by: Hadley , W. London [1735–97] (1)
  • Smollett , Tobias . 1961 . Humphry Clinker London [1771] (1)
  • Goldsmith , Oliver . 1912 . She Stoops to Conquer Oxford [1773] (2)
  • Cowper , William . Selected Letters Edited by: Hadley , W. London n.d. [1758–99]
  • Sheridan , Richard Brinsley . 1973 . “ The Rivals and The School for Scandal ” . In Dramatic Works Edited by: Price , C. vol. 1 , Oxford [1775, 1777] (6)

F. Texts studied 1800–1900

  • Scott , Sir Walter . 1815 . Guy Mannering ,
  • _____ . 1819 . Ivanhoe ,
  • _____ . 1823 . Quentin Durward ,
  • _____ . 1823 . St. Ronan's Well ,
  • _____ . 1895–97 . “ ("Waverley Novels” . London
  • Austen , Jane . 1906 . Northanger Abbey London [1818] (9)
  • _____ . 1966 . Emma Harmondsworth [1815] (8)
  • _____ . 1965 . Persuasion Harmondsworth [1818] (13)
  • Irving , Washington . 1906 . Sketch Book London [1820] (15)
  • _____ . 1977 . Bracebridge Hall Boston [1822] (1)
  • Clarke , William . 1827 . Every Night Book London (11)
  • Hook , Theodore . 1829 . Sayings and Doings 3 vols , London Part III
  • _____ . 1834 . Maxwell London (11)
  • Moore , Thomas . 1899 . Journals (inAnecdotes Edited by: Harrison , W. London [1818–45]
  • Lytton , Lord . 1842 . Pelham Leipzig [1828] (10)
  • _____ . 1838 . Paul Clifford Paris [1830] (6)
  • _____ . 1836 . Eugene Aram Paris [1832] (8)
  • Cobbett , William . Rural Rides 2 vols , London n.d. [1830] (18)
  • Egan , Pierce . 1847 . Book of Sports London [1832] (5)
  • Marryat , Frederick . 1834 . Jacob Faithful 3 vols , London (4)
  • _____ . 1895 . Peter Simple London [1834] (4)
  • _____ . 1954 . Mr. Midshipman Easy London [1836] (4)
  • Howard , Edward . 1930 . Rattlin the Reefer London [1836] (21)
  • _____ . 1838 . Outward Bound Paris [1838] (8)
  • Dickens , Charles . 1836 . Boz ,
  • _____ . 1836–37 . Pickwick Papers ,
  • _____ . 1843–44 . Martin Chuzzlewit ,
  • _____ . 1852–53 . Bleak House ,
  • _____ . 1855–57 . Little Dorrit ,
  • _____ . 1864–65 . Our Mutual Friend ,
  • _____ . 1954–60 . “ ("New Oxford Illustrated Dickens” . London
  • Suttees , Robert . 1961 . Jorrocks's Jaunts London [1838] (30)
  • _____ . 1963 . Handley Cross London [1843] (73)
  • _____ . Hillingdon Hall London n.d. [1845] (41)
  • _____ . 1961 . Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour London [1853] (54)
  • _____ . 1951 . Plain or Ringlets London [1860] (50)
  • Carlyle , Thomas . 1902 . Sartor Resartus London [1838] (2)
  • _____ . 1908 . On Heroes and Hero‐Worship London [1841] (8)
  • Lever , Charles . Charles O'Malley 3 vols , Dublin n.d. [1840] (31)
  • Kinglake , Alexander . 1910 . Eothen Oxford [1844] (39)
  • Brontë , Charlotte . 1966 . Jane Eyre Harmondsworth [1847] (5)
  • Brontë , Emily . 1971 . Wuthering Heights Harmondsworth [1847] (2)
  • Thackeray , William . 1968 . Vanity Fair Harmondsworth [1847–48] (8)
  • _____ . Pendennis London n.d. [1848] (9)
  • Gaskell , Elizabeth . Mary Barton London n.d. [1848] (13)
  • _____ . 1908 . Cranford London [1851–53] (7)
  • Smedley , Francis . 1850 . Frank Fairleigh London (18)
  • Hawthorne , Nathaniel . 1907 . The House of the Seven Gables London [1851] (5)
  • Borrow , George . 1904 . Lavengro London [1851] (41)
  • Eliot , George . 1912 . Scenes of Clerical Life London [1857] (14)
  • _____ . 1967 . Daniel Deronda Harmondsworth [1874–76] (14)
  • Meredith , George . 1961 . The Ordeal of Richard Feverel New York [1859] (4)
  • Kingsley , Henry . 1909 . Geoffry Hamlyn London [1859] (61)
  • Kingsley , Charles . 1908 . Hereward the Wake London [1866] (2)
  • Mayhew , Henry . 1874 . London Characters London (9)
  • Morris , William . 1970 . News from Nowhere London [1891] (12)
  • Doyle , Arthur Conan . 1959 . The Sign of Four London [1890] (2)
  • _____ . 1960 . Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes London [1893] (7)
  • Maurier , George du . 1931 . Trilby London [1894] (11)
  • Hope , Anthony . 1901 . Dolly Dialogues London [1894] (1)

G. Texts studied from 1900 to date

  • Lawson , Henry . 1964 . Prose Edited by: Mann , C. 3 vols , Sydney [1894–1922] (124)
  • Wells , Herbert George . Kipps London n.d. [1905] (8)
  • Walpole , Hugh . 1949 . Mr Perrin and Mr Traill London [1911] (3)
  • Kaye‐Smith , Sheila . 1922 . Sussex Gorse London [1916] (3)
  • Sayers , Dorothy . 1977 . The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club London [1921] (10)
  • Orwell , George . 1975 . Down and Out in Paris and London Harmondsworth [1933] (9)
  • _____ . 1975 . Keep the Aspidistra Flying Harmondsworth [1936] (15)
  • _____ . 1972 . Nineteen Eighty Four Harmondsworth [1949] (10)
  • _____ . 1974 . Inside the Whale Harmondsworth [1957] (1)
  • Cecil , Henry . 1955 . Brothers in Law London (2)
  • Balchin , Nigel . 1955 . The Fall of the Sparrow London (1)
  • Sillitoe , Alan . 1958 . Saturday Night and Sunday Morning London (1)
  • Behan , Brendan . 1958 . Borstal Boy London (16)
  • Johnston , George . 1959 . The Darkness Outside London (2)
  • Spark , Muriel . 1960 . The Bachelors London (5)
  • Burgess , Anthony . 1964 . Malayan Trilogy London (4)

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