Positive emotions in Old English language and thought : an emotion family approach /
The study of emotional expressions is rapidly growing, but many researchers overlook the dynamic and historical aspects of these expressions. This book proposes new methods for analyzing the diachronic evolution of emotional expressions within their sociohistorical contexts, focusing on Old English...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2025]
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| Series: | Topics in English linguistics ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Note to Readers
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Semantic change and onomasiological variation: Doing historical sociolinguistics with the history of emotions
- 2 Annotating a corpus of Old English texts for positive emotion expressions
- 3 Rivalling cultural models for positive emotions in Old English texts
- 4 The expression of positive emotions in Old English
- 5 Clusters of meaning
- 6 Positive emotions in Old English: Conflating conceptualizations of feeling well
- Concluding remarks
- References
- Index