The lexis of cloth and clothing in Britain c.700-1450: origins. identification, contexts and change Owen-Crocker, G., Warr, C., Sylvester, L.M., Pritchard, F., Chambers, M., Rutten, S., Zumbuhl, M., Risley, D., Scully, A., Hayes, M., Williams, P., Lorimer, R., Lorimer, P., Walker, P. and Bouhafna, E. 2012. The lexis of cloth and clothing in Britain c.700-1450: origins. identification, contexts and change. Manchester University of Manchester.
Contact-Induced Lexical Effects in Medieval English Dance, R., Durkin, P., Hough, C. and Pagan, H. 2023. Contact-Induced Lexical Effects in Medieval English. in: Sylvester, L.M. and Pons-Sanz, S.M. (ed.) Medieval English in a Multilingual Context: Current Methodologies and Approaches Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 95-121
2023
Lexical replacement, retention and borrowing in Middle English: A case study Sylvester, L.M., Tiddeman, M. and Ingham, R. 2023. Lexical replacement, retention and borrowing in Middle English: A case study. in: Language contact and the History of English: Processes and Effects on Specific Text-Types Peter Lang. pp. 165-187
2022
The lexicalization of the idea of fashion in later medieval Britain Sylvester, L.M. 2022. The lexicalization of the idea of fashion in later medieval Britain. in: Baicchi, A. and Biscetti, S. (ed.) The Language of Fashion: Linguistic, Cognitive and Cultural Insights Peter Lang.
Penetration of French-origin lexis in Middle English occupational domains Ingham, R., Sylvester, L.M. and Marcus, I. 2019. Penetration of French-origin lexis in Middle English occupational domains. in: Cennamo, M. and Fabrizio, C. (ed.) Historical Linguistics 2015: Selected papers from the 22nd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Naples, 27-31 July 2015 Amsterdam John Benjamins. pp. 460-478
2018
A Semantic Field and Text-Type Approach to Late-Medieval Multilingualism Sylvester, L.M. 2018. A Semantic Field and Text-Type Approach to Late-Medieval Multilingualism. in: Pahta, P., Skaffari, J. and Wright, L. (ed.) Multilingual Practices in Language History: English and Beyond Berlin de Gruyter Mouton. pp. 77-96
Dress, Fashion and Anti-Fashion in the Medieval Imagination Sylvester, L.M. 2017. Dress, Fashion and Anti-Fashion in the Medieval Imagination. in: Bintley, M., Locker, M., Symons, V. and Wellesley, M. (ed.) Stasis in the Medieval West? Questioning Change and Continuity Palgrave Macmillan.
2016
The Language of Dress and Textiles in Wills of the Old English Period Sylvester, L.M. 2016. The Language of Dress and Textiles in Wills of the Old English Period. in: Hyer, M.C. and Frederick, J. (ed.) Textiles, Text, Intertext: Essays in Honour of Gale R. Owen-Crocker Boydell & Brewer. pp. 27-41
2015
Middle English Style Sylvester, L.M. 2015. Middle English Style. in: Sotirova, V. (ed.) The Bloomsbury Companion to Stylistics London Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 583-606
Middle English: semantics and the lexicon Sylvester, L.M. 2012. Middle English: semantics and the lexicon. in: Brinton, L. and Bergs, A. (ed.) Historical linguistics of English: an international handbook Berlin De Gruyter. pp. 450-466
Teaching the language of Chaucer Sylvester, L.M. 2007. Teaching the language of Chaucer. in: Ashton, G. and Sylvester, L.M. (ed.) Teaching Chaucer Basingstoke ; New York Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 81-95
Semantic shift in Middle English: Farming and Trade as test cases Sylvester, L.M., Tiddeman, M. and Ingham, R. 2022. Semantic shift in Middle English: Farming and Trade as test cases. Transactions of the Philological Society. 120 (3), pp. 427-446. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12249
Lone other-language items in later medieval texts Ingham, R., Sylvester, L.M. and Marcus, I. 2021. Lone other-language items in later medieval texts. Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics. 7 (2), pp. 179-205. https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsl-2019-0030
Narrative in Keywords for Today Sylvester, L.M. 2019. Narrative in Keywords for Today. Critical Quarterly. 61 (3), pp. 39-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/criq.12486