This book elucidates the nature of semi-fixed formulaic sequences and provides a convincing reassessment of the potential creativity of the formulaic in a variety of linguistic and literary contexts. This book was originally published as a special issue of the European Journal of English Studies.
This book elucidates the nature of semi-fixed formulaic sequences and provides a convincing reassessment of the potential creativity of the formulaic in a variety of linguistic and literary contexts. This book was originally published as a special issue of the European Journal of English Studies.
Ian MacKenzie recently retired from the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. His research largely concerns the role and nature of English as an international language. Martin A. Kayman is a former Head of the School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University, UK, and a general editor of the European Journal of English Studies. He researches and publishes on law and literature, and on the cultural politics of English as a global language.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Formulaicity and creativity in language and literature 1. Formulaic sequences: a drop in the ocean of constructions or something more significant? 2. Begging the question: chunking, compositionality and language change 3. How native and non-native speakers of English interpret unfamiliar formulaic sequences 4. Rewriting the fairy tale in Louise Murphy's and Lisa Goldstein's Holocaust narratives 5. Transforming the pantomime formula in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan 6. 'The Hollow Echo': Gothic fiction and the structure of a formulaic pattern
Introduction: Formulaicity and creativity in language and literature 1. Formulaic sequences: a drop in the ocean of constructions or something more significant? 2. Begging the question: chunking, compositionality and language change 3. How native and non-native speakers of English interpret unfamiliar formulaic sequences 4. Rewriting the fairy tale in Louise Murphy's and Lisa Goldstein's Holocaust narratives 5. Transforming the pantomime formula in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan 6. 'The Hollow Echo': Gothic fiction and the structure of a formulaic pattern
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