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A pragmatic study of oath swearing in late Anglo Norman and Middle English
Linguistics Vanguard ( IF 0.896 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 , DOI: 10.1515/lingvan-2018-0057
Emily Reed 1
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Abstract Profanity has attracted much scholarly attention for the reason that swearing, oaths, and insults “manifest language use in its most highly charged state” (Taavitsainen 1997: 815). This article examines the possible functions of swearing per membra Christi [by Christ’s limbs], starting with a particularly revealing example from a group of late medieval pedagogical dialogues, the Manières de langage. Taking the perlocutionary reaction to this utterance as a starting point, the wider phenomenon of swearing on the body parts of Christ in both Middle English and Anglo Norman will be explored. This behaviour was initially conceptualised (and widely condemned) as an act of blasphemy, the notion of dismembering Jesus being especially widespread. However, this article also concerns itself with the emotive interjectory function of swearing oaths on God and Christ, and will posit that this behaviour is caught in a long process of pragmaticalisation during the high and late Middle Ages. This research supports the view of a bidirectional channel of influence between Middle English and Anglo Norman, and suggests a similar trajectory of both pragmatic development and language attitudes.

中文翻译:

晚盎格鲁·诺曼和中古英语宣誓宣誓的语用研究

摘要亵渎之所以引起学术界的广泛关注,是因为起誓,宣誓和侮辱是“在语言最充斥的状态下使用明显的语言”(Taavitsainen 1997:815)。本文考察了克里斯蒂四肢起誓的可能作用(以基督的四肢为例),首先从中世纪后期的教学语言对话中的一个特别显着的例子开始,即语言Manièresde langage。以对这种话语的言语性反应为出发点,将探索中古英语和盎格鲁·诺曼语中基督的身体部位发誓的更广泛现象。这种行为最初被概念化(并被广泛谴责)为亵渎行为,肢解耶稣的观念尤为普遍。然而,本文还涉及对上帝和基督宣誓就职的情感插词功能,并认为这种行为在中世纪的高中和晚期处于长期的实用化过程中。这项研究支持了中古英语与盎格鲁·诺曼之间双向影响的观点,并提出了语用发展和语言态度的相似轨迹。
更新日期:2020-06-01
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