Death-related intensifiers in the history of the English language: grammaticalisation and other proccesses of language change

The experience of death is, anthropologically, of the most genuine concern for all cultures and societies worldwide, since it marks the most extreme limits of human existence. With such an impact on our routines, it should come as no surprise that it can be effectively exploited as a source of inten...

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Autor: Blanco Suárez, Zeltia
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
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spelling Death-related intensifiers in the history of the English language: grammaticalisation and other proccesses of language changeBlanco Suárez, ZeltiaMaterias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5702 Lingüística diacrónica::570201 Lingüística históricaThe experience of death is, anthropologically, of the most genuine concern for all cultures and societies worldwide, since it marks the most extreme limits of human existence. With such an impact on our routines, it should come as no surprise that it can be effectively exploited as a source of intensification in language, perhaps even cross-linguistically. Although some studies have addressed the uses of specific intensifiers from the semantic field of death (cf. Claridge 2011 on dead and Margerie 2011 on to death), a comprehensive diachronic corpus-based study of death-related intensifiers is still missing. This dissertation, therefore, sets out to fill this gap by accounting for the semantic evolution of the intensifiers dead(ly), mortal(ly), and to death, covering from the Middle English period (1100-1500) to Present-day English.López Couso, María JoséUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Filoloxía Inglesa e AlemáFacultade de Filoloxía20172017-01-0120172017-01-01doctoral thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10347/16430reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Esta obra atópase baixo unha licenza internacional Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0. Calquera forma de reprodución, distribución, comunicación pública ou transformación desta obra non incluída na licenza Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 só pode ser realizada coa autorización expresa dos titulares, salvo excepción prevista pola lei. Pode acceder Vde. ao texto completo da licenza nesta ligazón: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.glhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.glinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/164302026-06-15T12:47:27Z
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title Death-related intensifiers in the history of the English language: grammaticalisation and other proccesses of language change
spellingShingle Death-related intensifiers in the history of the English language: grammaticalisation and other proccesses of language change
Blanco Suárez, Zeltia
Materias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5702 Lingüística diacrónica::570201 Lingüística histórica
title_short Death-related intensifiers in the history of the English language: grammaticalisation and other proccesses of language change
title_full Death-related intensifiers in the history of the English language: grammaticalisation and other proccesses of language change
title_fullStr Death-related intensifiers in the history of the English language: grammaticalisation and other proccesses of language change
title_full_unstemmed Death-related intensifiers in the history of the English language: grammaticalisation and other proccesses of language change
title_sort Death-related intensifiers in the history of the English language: grammaticalisation and other proccesses of language change
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Blanco Suárez, Zeltia
author Blanco Suárez, Zeltia
author_facet Blanco Suárez, Zeltia
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv López Couso, María José
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Filoloxía Inglesa e Alemá
Facultade de Filoloxía
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Materias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5702 Lingüística diacrónica::570201 Lingüística histórica
topic Materias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5702 Lingüística diacrónica::570201 Lingüística histórica
description The experience of death is, anthropologically, of the most genuine concern for all cultures and societies worldwide, since it marks the most extreme limits of human existence. With such an impact on our routines, it should come as no surprise that it can be effectively exploited as a source of intensification in language, perhaps even cross-linguistically. Although some studies have addressed the uses of specific intensifiers from the semantic field of death (cf. Claridge 2011 on dead and Margerie 2011 on to death), a comprehensive diachronic corpus-based study of death-related intensifiers is still missing. This dissertation, therefore, sets out to fill this gap by accounting for the semantic evolution of the intensifiers dead(ly), mortal(ly), and to death, covering from the Middle English period (1100-1500) to Present-day English.
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