Synthetic Intensification Devices in Old English

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

RIV/00216208:11320/21:10439989 - isvavai.cz

Výsledek na webu

https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=0lLaA_b0Xf

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

10.1177/0075424221993850

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Synthetic Intensification Devices in Old English

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Even though degree adverbs (e.g., swiþe) represent the most common intensification strategy in Old English, morphological devices are also very frequent, as expected in a predominantly synthetic language. This article studies synthetic intensification strategies in Old English with a focus on degree modification of adjectives and adverbs by means of spatial formatives (e.g., þurh- in þurhbitter 'very bitter' and for- in foreaþe 'very easily'), paying attention both to the features of the intensifying formative and to the characteristics of the intensified base. Using the cognitive construct of the "Image Schema," I show that the original spatial meaning of the formatives can help explain their combinatorial preferences in terms of boundedness. Of all the items studied, for- stands out as the most grammaticalized Old English spatial intensifying formative: it is semantically opaque, is very productive with both adjectives and adverbs, and has a very wide collocational profile.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Synthetic Intensification Devices in Old English

Popis výsledku anglicky

Even though degree adverbs (e.g., swiþe) represent the most common intensification strategy in Old English, morphological devices are also very frequent, as expected in a predominantly synthetic language. This article studies synthetic intensification strategies in Old English with a focus on degree modification of adjectives and adverbs by means of spatial formatives (e.g., þurh- in þurhbitter 'very bitter' and for- in foreaþe 'very easily'), paying attention both to the features of the intensifying formative and to the characteristics of the intensified base. Using the cognitive construct of the "Image Schema," I show that the original spatial meaning of the formatives can help explain their combinatorial preferences in terms of boundedness. Of all the items studied, for- stands out as the most grammaticalized Old English spatial intensifying formative: it is semantically opaque, is very productive with both adjectives and adverbs, and has a very wide collocational profile.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

—

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of English Linguistics

ISSN

0075-4242

e-ISSN

1552-5457

Svazek periodika

49

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

208-227

Kód UT WoS článku

000634473300001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85103134294