「#872. -ick or -ic」 ([2011-09-16-1]) の記事で,<public> と <publick> の綴字の分布の通時的変化について,Google Books Ngram Viewer と Google Books: American English を用いて簡易調査した.-ic と -ick の歴史上の変異については,Johnson の A Dictionary of the English Language (1755) では前者が好まれていたが,Webster の The American Dictionary of the English Language (1828) では後者へと舵を切っていたと一般論を述べた.しかし,この一般論は少々訂正が必要のようだ.
「#1637. CLMET3.0 で between と betwixt の分布を調査」 ([2013-10-20-1]) で紹介した CLMET3.0 を用いて,後期近代英語の主たる -ic(k) 語の綴字を調査してみた.1710--1920年の期間を3期に分けて,それぞれの綴字で頻度をとっただけだが,結果を以下に掲げよう.
Spelling pair | Period 1 (1710--1780) | Period 2 (1780--1850) | Period 3 (1850--1920) |
---|---|---|---|
angelick / angelic | 6 / 50 | 0 / 68 | 0 / 50 |
antick / antic | 4 / 10 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 3 |
apoplectick / apoplectic | 0 / 10 | 1 / 19 | 0 / 14 |
aquatick / aquatic | 1 / 2 | 0 / 35 | 0 / 56 |
arabick / arabic | 2 / 101 | 0 / 45 | 0 / 115 |
archbishoprick / archbishopric | 4 / 7 | 2 / 2 | 0 / 8 |
arctick / arctic | 1 / 5 | 0 / 20 | 0 / 93 |
arithmetick / arithmetic | 9 / 32 | 0 / 77 | 0 / 98 |
aromatick / aromatic | 4 / 14 | 0 / 29 | 0 / 36 |
asiatick / asiatic | 1 / 101 | 0 / 48 | 0 / 76 |
attick / attic | 1 / 32 | 0 / 34 | 0 / 71 |
authentick / authentic | 4 / 160 | 0 / 79 | 0 / 68 |
balsamick / balsamic | 1 / 1 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 1 |
baltick / baltic | 4 / 50 | 0 / 33 | 0 / 43 |
bishoprick / bishopric | 3 / 28 | 2 / 9 | 0 / 19 |
bombastick / bombastic | 1 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 |
cathartick / cathartic | 0 / 1 | 1 / 0 | 0 / 0 |
catholick / catholic | 7 / 291 | 0 / 342 | 0 / 296 |
caustick / caustic | 1 / 2 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 20 |
characteristick / characteristic | 8 / 92 | 0 / 354 | 0 / 687 |
cholick / cholic | 1 / 13 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 |
comick / comic | 1 / 68 | 0 / 67 | 0 / 165 |
coptick / coptic | 1 / 11 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 35 |
critick / critic | 12 / 153 | 0 / 168 | 0 / 155 |
despotick / despotic | 9 / 66 | 0 / 51 | 0 / 65 |
dialectick / dialectic | 1 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 6 |
didactick / didactic | 0 / 10 | 1 / 20 | 0 / 23 |
domestick / domestic | 46 / 733 | 0 / 736 | 0 / 488 |
dominick / dominic | 4 / 11 | 0 / 14 | 1 / 3 |
dramatick / dramatic | 8 / 214 | 0 / 206 | 0 / 216 |
elliptick / elliptic | 1 / 1 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 2 |
emetick / emetic | 4 / 5 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 5 |
epick / epic | 1 / 68 | 0 / 83 | 1 / 38 |
ethick / ethic | 1 / 6 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 |
exotick / exotic | 2 / 7 | 0 / 20 | 0 / 38 |
fabrick / fabric | 15 / 116 | 1 / 84 | 0 / 111 |
fantastick / fantastic | 9 / 45 | 0 / 157 | 0 / 198 |
frantick / frantic | 5 / 88 | 2 / 163 | 0 / 124 |
frolick / frolic | 19 / 44 | 0 / 46 | 0 / 32 |
gaelick / gaelic | 1 / 1 | 0 / 30 | 0 / 64 |
gallick / gallic | 1 / 75 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 10 |
gothick / gothic | 2 / 498 | 0 / 131 | 0 / 66 |
heretick / heretic | 2 / 31 | 0 / 37 | 0 / 24 |
heroick / heroic | 17 / 201 | 2 / 224 | 0 / 211 |
hieroglyphick / hieroglyphic | 2 / 4 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 8 |
hysterick / hysteric | 1 / 9 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 6 |
laconick / laconic | 2 / 13 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 7 |
lethargick / lethargic | 1 / 12 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 14 |
logick / logic | 4 / 62 | 0 / 361 | 0 / 367 |
lunatick / lunatic | 2 / 32 | 0 / 34 | 0 / 77 |
lyrick / lyric | 3 / 15 | 0 / 26 | 0 / 37 |
magick / magic | 9 / 110 | 0 / 296 | 0 / 292 |
majestick / majestic | 4 / 73 | 0 / 149 | 1 / 115 |
mechanick / mechanic | 6 / 79 | 0 / 47 | 0 / 58 |
metallick / metallic | 1 / 9 | 0 / 79 | 0 / 137 |
metaphysick / metaphysic | 1 / 2 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 9 |
mimick / mimic | 2 / 25 | 1 / 46 | 0 / 23 |
musick / music | 87 / 549 | 3 / 1220 | 3 / 1684 |
mystick / mystic | 1 / 39 | 0 / 92 | 0 / 167 |
obstetrick / obstetric | 1 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 |
panegyrick / panegyric | 19 / 121 | 0 / 43 | 0 / 16 |
panick / panic | 14 / 58 | 1 / 90 | 0 / 314 |
paralytick / paralytic | 1 / 15 | 0 / 41 | 0 / 14 |
pedantick / pedantic | 3 / 31 | 0 / 28 | 0 / 29 |
philippick / philippic | 2 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 |
philosophick / philosophic | 1 / 140 | 0 / 80 | 0 / 155 |
physick / physic | 35 / 157 | 4 / 51 | 3 / 38 |
plastick / plastic | 1 / 4 | 0 / 19 | 0 / 32 |
platonick / platonic | 5 / 48 | 0 / 30 | 0 / 22 |
politick / politic | 8 / 40 | 2 / 37 | 0 / 51 |
prognostick / prognostic | 2 / 18 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 1 |
publick / public | 767 / 3350 | 1 / 3171 | 2 / 2606 |
relick / relic | 1 / 26 | 4 / 56 | 0 / 65 |
republick / republic | 12 / 515 | 0 / 185 | 0 / 171 |
rhetorick / rhetoric | 26 / 109 | 2 / 40 | 0 / 65 |
rheumatick / rheumatic | 1 / 7 | 0 / 33 | 0 / 30 |
romantick / romantic | 32 / 191 | 0 / 346 | 0 / 322 |
rustick / rustic | 3 / 102 | 0 / 157 | 0 / 80 |
sarcastick / sarcastic | 1 / 37 | 0 / 66 | 0 / 60 |
sceptick / sceptic | 3 / 26 | 0 / 19 | 0 / 26 |
scholastick / scholastic | 2 / 24 | 0 / 42 | 0 / 46 |
sciatick / sciatic | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 |
scientifick / scientific | 2 / 16 | 0 / 451 | 0 / 814 |
stoick / stoic | 5 / 34 | 1 / 15 | 0 / 26 |
sympathetick / sympathetic | 3 / 26 | 0 / 70 | 0 / 248 |
systematick / systematic | 1 / 13 | 0 / 64 | 0 / 104 |
topick / topic | 12 / 128 | 0 / 177 | 0 / 176 |
traffick / traffic | 80 / 67 | 1 / 164 | 0 / 203 |
tragick / tragic | 4 / 65 | 0 / 65 | 0 / 209 |
tropick / tropic | 12 / 37 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 23 |
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