INTRODUCTION 5 // 1 COMPILING A CORPUS 8 // 1.1 Designing a corpus 9 // 1.2 Data Collection and Storing 10 // 1.3 Corpus Annotation 12 // 1.4 Corpus Analysis 13 // 2 VOCABULARY AS A SYSTEM 18 // 2.1 Ways of Expanding English Vocabulary 19 // 2.1.1 Borrowing 19 // 2.1.2 Word-formation Processes 22 // 2.1.3 Semantic Changes 23 // 2.2 Relations among Words 25 // 2.3 Language Varieties and Registers 28 // 3 SURVEY OF LITERATURE CONCERNING THE CULINARY LANGUAGE 32 // 4 METHODOLOGY 37 // 5 THE CULINARY CORPUS 39 // 5.1 Corpus Preparation and Design 39 // 5.2 Data Selection and Corpus Compilation 41 // 5.3 Corpus Processing - Tools and Sources 46 // 5.4 Corpus Processing - Data Retrieving 53 // 6 CORPUS ANALYSIS 58 // 6.1 English Recipes - General Notes 58 // 6.2 Classification of the Word Stock 64 // 6.2.1 NOUNS 68 // 6.2.2 ADJECTIVES 147 // 6.2.3 VERBS 165 // 6.2.4 ADVERBS 173 // 6.3 Semantic Changes - Eponymy 174 // 6.4 Unassimilated Borrowings 187 // 7 CONCLUSION 191 // SUMMARY 209 // BIBLIOGRAPHY 212