Final paper of #HELLEX3 is Michael Adams's plenary on @darewords
re subtle plagiarism - fraud is more reprehensible than bankrobbery.. Rod McConchie on lexicographers and plagiarism at #HELLEX3
The last paper of the day is Alpo Honkapohja, on #codeswitching in late #medieval medical #manuscripts. #HELLEX3
My paper as tweet: "There are no discreet EModE terms for roles in information-gathering networks, or for the texts they produced" #HELLEX3
1st day done. Took participants on a walk on the sea (ice), under the blue sky. No casualties. Don't you wish you'd come to #HELLEX3 ? :D
Jukka in action! ...ran out of time. :P Showed us that late 16C medical texts statistically v. different from late-medieval texts. #HELLEX3
Summing up: the metaphor of biography has severe failings when applied to words. Words are not (like) people. #HELLEX3
Q: "a contrivance used by fornicators to save themselves from a well-deserved clap". A: condom #HELLEX3 #thingsyoulearn
When is a word dead? (Dictionary compilers as euthanasia doctors - or even executioners!?) #HELLEX3
Ghost words in dictionaries :: received wisdom for biographers (not to be confused by ghost writers) ('ghost sources'?) #HELLEX3
Mark Kaunisto is talking about how hapaxes and neologisms are indicated by "square quotes". Like "HEL-LEXian". #HELLEX3
my paper finally gelled - well in time for #HELLEX3 ;) - still got half of the presentation to finish though.. #lastminute #argh