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Metaphor, metonymy and lex­i­co­ge­n­e­sis
This book inves­ti­gates the inter­ac­tion between new Eng­lish lex­is and metaphor/metonymy – fig­ures metic­u­lous­ly defined and con­trast­ed in terms of similarity/contiguity. It advances three main hypothe­ses: (i) derived lex­is is more like­ly to be fig­u­ra­tive in mean­ing and usage than the bases from which it is derived; (ii) deriva­tion obscures the fig­u­ra­tive ori­gins of this lex­is to vary­ing degrees depend­ing on dif­fer­ing pro­cess­ing strate­gies; (iii) lex­i­cal­i­sa­tion is deter­mined by Rel­e­vance (in Sper­ber and Wilson’s sense) to the needs of a cul­ture or its pow­er­ful inter­est groups, where cul­ture, fol­low­ing Nor­man Fair­clough, is char­ac­terised as an ensem­ble of recog­nised action/discourse gen­res. This vol­ume is dis­tinc­tive in explor­ing the rela­tions between gram­mar and metonymy and pro­vid­ing numer­ous exam­ples of metaphor­i­cal and metonymic lex­is as it reflects society’s chang­ing needs and (con­test­ed) ide­olo­gies.
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Ver­bal Med­i­cines: The Cura­tive Pow­er of Prayer and Invo­ca­tion in Ear­ly Eng­lish Charms
Reli­gious texts played a cen­tral role in Ear­ly Eng­lish, and this inno­v­a­tive book looks in par­tic­u­lar at how medieval Chris­tians used prayers and psalms in heal­ing the sick. At first glance, the vari­ety and mul­ti­plic­i­ty of utter­ances, prayers, exorcis­tic for­mu­las, and oth­er incan­ta­tions found in a sin­gle charm may seem to be ran­dom and eclec­tic. How­ev­er, this book shows that charms had dis­tinct, log­i­cal lin­guis­tic char­ac­ter­is­tics, as well per­for­ma­tive aspects that were shaped by their usage and cul­tur­al sig­nif­i­cance. Togeth­er, these qual­i­ties gave the texts a unique role in the ear­ly devel­op­ment of Eng­lish, in par­tic­u­lar its use in rit­u­al and folk­lore. Arnovick iden­ti­fies four forms of incan­ta­tions and a full chap­ter is devot­ed to each form, arranged to reflect the lived expe­ri­ences of medieval Chris­tians, from their bap­tism in infan­cy, to dai­ly prayer and atten­dance at Church cel­e­bra­tions, and to their Con­fes­sion and anoint­ing dur­ing grave ill­ness.
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