Linguistics

Barker, S; Spoerlein, S; Vetter, T and Viereck, W    “An Atlas of English Surnames” Bamberger Beitrage Zur Englischen Sprachwissenschaft  52, 2007

Carney, Edward   A survey of English spelling  Routledge, 1994
Notes: Chapter 6: Conventions used in the spelling of names

Christian, Peter   "What is a surname variant? " (May 2002)
Notes: Available on the TOBS website

Christian, Peter   "Surname variation and surname matching algorithms " (May 2002)
Notes: Available on the TOBS website
Abstract: Excellent survey- Succinctly covers: Phonological and morphological variants; consonant matching; consonant clusters

Clarke, John  What’s in a name Witcombe : J.E. Clarke, 2003. 24 p. Isbn-0954226364
Notes: English language — Orthography and spelling. As yet unseen, so level and appropriateness unknown

Crystal, David  The stories of English – London : Allen Lane, 2004. -Isbn 0713997524
Abstract: Specifically [Chapter 6] ‘Interlude 6- Lay subsidy dialects’ pp 140-143 which includes map 6.4 ‘The distribution of q-, wh-, and w- spellings in personal names in East Midland Lay Subsidy Rolls’. This is a short consideration of the derivation of some variants of e.g.White and Miller from language change

Markert, K.   ‘Metonymic proper names: a corpus-based account, by K Markert and M. Nissim Trends in Linguistics Studies and Monographs 2006, vol. 171, pp. 152-174

Palgrave, Derek   "Many surname variants are really misspelt deviants" Journal of One-Name Studies , 8:5 (Jan-March 2004), 6-9.
Notes: an updated version of the author’s previous articles in JOONS (Oct 1980 and Autumn 1984).
Abstract: The article covers some of the possible linguistic aspects that forged many surname deviants, and suggests a way of arranging these in a 2-dimensional array. Commends a statistical approach using the 1881 census to isolate true variants by their greater frequencies

Redmonds, George  "Migration and the linguistic development of surnames." Family History 11, no. 77/78 (August 1980).
Abstract: Lawson1: "develops the position that as bearers of surname migrate, there are variations in the name. Traces the Lightowler family in Rochdale parish from 1246 to Yorkshire, Bradford, and the Colne Valley as Lightoller and Lightholder. Hinchcliffe and other names are also discussed"

________.  Surnames and genealogy: a new approach. Bury: Federation of Family History Societies, 2002.
Notes: Originally published: New England Hisoric Genealogical Society, 1997
especially Chapter 4: The linguistic development of surnames
Reviewed in Nomina 21 (1998)

Viereck, Wolfgang “Towards an Atlas of English surnames ” Bamberger Beitrage zur Englischen Sprachwissenschaft   Vol. 50 Part 2 (2005) , pp 91-117
Note: Issn 0721-281X : Isbn 0-8204-7357-X

Viereck, Wolfgang “Towards an Atlas of English Family Names”  Romanian Journal of English Studies  2 (2005) pp 129-159

Weekley, Ernest; Pilkington, D. D. ‘Surnames and the chronology of the English vocabulary’. Discovery, 2 (1921), 2-5.

Webber, R, and Mateos, P. ‘Using names to classify people and neighbourhoods by their cultural, ethnic and linguistic origins’
Notes: CASA Working paper, 2006

Wescott, Roger W.   ‘The phonology of proper names in English’ in: Names New and Old : Papers of the Names Institute Volume II- Revised 2nd edition, edited by E. Wallace McMullen, Lewiston: Lampeter, E. Mellen Press, 2002 (Isbn 0773475346)