This study examines the range of culinary verbs found in the English culinary recipes of the 14th and 15th centuries. Over 1500 recipes and 100 verbs have been analyzed. They have been divided into three major groups: cooking, cutting, and preparing. Such aspects as their origin, rivalry of synonyms, contexts etc. have been taken into consideration.

Autorentext

Magdalena Bator studied at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznä (Poland). Currently she is a lecturer at the School of English at the University of Social Sciences in Warsaw (Poland). Her research interests focus on various aspects of English historical linguistics, in particular historical lexicology.

Inhalt

Contents: 14th century 15th century Culinary recipes Culinary Verbs Middle English Semantic groups Synonyms.