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UNINA9910455263303321 |
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Bromhead Helen <1981-> |
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The reign of truth and faith [[electronic resource] ] : epistemic expressions in 16th and 17th century English / / by Helen Bromhead |
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Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009 |
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1-282-18798-8 |
9786612187988 |
3-11-021602-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (330 p.) |
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Topics in English linguistics ; ; 62 |
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English language - Interjections |
English language - Discourse analysis |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [296]-310) and index. |
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Introduction -- NSM and historical semantics -- Verily -- Surely -- Forsooth -- By my troth, in truth -- By my faith, in faith -- Methinks, I think -- I wot -- I ween -- I suppose -- I trow. |
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This is a ground-breaking study in the historical semantics and pragmatics of English in the 16th and 17th centuries. It examines the meaning, use and cultural underpinnings of confident- and certain-sounding epistemic expressions, such as forsooth, by my troth and in faith, and first person epistemic phrases, such as I suppose, I ween and I think. The work supports the hypothesis that the British Enlightenment and its attendant empiricism brought about a profound epistemic shift in the 'ways of thinking' and 'ways of speaking' in the English speaking world. In contrast to the modern ethos of empiricism and doubt, the 16th and 17th centuries were dominated by an ethos of truth and faith, which manifests itself in (among other ways) the meanings and usages of epistemic expressions for certainty and confidence. The study is firmly based on evidence from texts and collocations in the writings of the day. The study is conducted using the framework of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM), an approach to semantic explanation developed by Cliff Goddard, Anna |
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Wierzbicka and collaborators. This book can introduce this approach to readers who are unfamiliar with it, as well as show how it can open new horizons in historical semantics. The primary audience for this book is scholars and graduate students in the fields of linguistics and English studies, especially those interested in historical semantics, pragmatics and discourse studies. Because of the strongly cultural focus of the book and its drawing on non-linguistic literature, it will be of interest to scholars and graduate students in the fields of cultural history and the history of ideas, as well as in English studies in a broader sense. |
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UNINA9910787612603321 |
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Autore |
Rayor Diane J. |
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The Homeric hymns / / a translation with introduction and notes, Diane J. Rayor |
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Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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[Updated edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (189 p.) |
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Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
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Hymns, Greek (Classical) |
Gods, Greek |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. HYMN TO DIONYSOS -- 2. HYMN TO DEMETER -- 3. HYMN TO APOLLO -- 4. HYMN TO HERMES -- 5. HYMN TO APHRODITE -- 6. HYMN TO APHRODITE -- 7. HYMN TO DIONYSOS -- 8. HYMN TO ARES -- 9. HYMN TO ARTEMIS -- 10. HYMN TO APHRODITE -- 11. HYMN TO ATHENA -- 12. HYMN TO HERA -- 13. HYMN TO DEMETER -- 14. HYMN TO MOTHER OF THE GODS -- 15. HYMN TO LION-HEARTED HERAKLES -- 16. HYMN TO ASKLEPIOS -- 17. HYMN TO THE DIOSKOUROI -- 18. HYMN TO HERMES -- 19. HYMN TO PAN -- 20. HYMN TO HEPHAISTOS -- 21. HYMN TO APOLLO -- 22. HYMN TO |
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POSEIDON -- 23. HYMN TO ZEUS -- 24. HYMN TO HESTIA -- 25. HYMN TO THE MUSES, APOLLO, AND ZEUS -- 26. HYMN TO DIONYSOS -- 27. HYMN TO ARTEMIS -- 28. HYMN TO ATHENA -- 29. HYMN TO HESTIA AND HERMES -- 30. HYMN TO GAIA -- 31. HYMN TO HELIOS -- 32. HYMN TO SELENE -- 33. HYMN TO THE DIOSKOUROI -- 34. HYMN TO XENOI -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GLOSSARY |
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The Homeric Hymns have survived for two and a half millennia because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, and religious significance. Well before the advent of writing in Greece, they were performed by traveling bards at religious events, competitions, banquets, and festivals. These thirty-four poems invoking and celebrating the gods of ancient Greece raise questions that humanity still struggles with-questions about our place among others and in the world. Known as "Homeric" because they were composed in the same meter, dialect, and style as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, these hymns were created to be sung aloud. In this superb translation by Diane J. Rayor, which deftly combines accuracy and poetry, the ancient music of the hymns comes alive for the modern reader. Here is the birth of Apollo, god of prophecy, healing, and music and founder of Delphi, the most famous oracular shrine in ancient Greece. Here is Zeus, inflicting upon Aphrodite her own mighty power to cause gods to mate with humans, and here is Demeter rescuing her daughter Persephone from the underworld and initiating the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries. This updated edition incorporates twenty-eight new lines in the first Hymn to Dionysos, along with expanded notes, a new preface, and an enhanced bibliography. With her introduction and notes, Rayor places the hymns in their historical and aesthetic context, providing the information needed to read, interpret, and fully appreciate these literary windows on an ancient world. As introductions to the Greek gods, entrancing stories, exquisite poetry, and early literary records of key religious rituals and sites, the Homeric Hymns should be read by any student of mythology, classical literature, ancient religion, women in antiquity, or the Greek language. |
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