"On quoting ..." - a corpus-based study on the phraseology of well-known quotations
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2009-07-20
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Mahlberg, Michaela
González-Díaz, Victorina
Smith, Catherine
Abstract
Quotations are an interesting linguistic phenomenon in at least two respects: firstly they link ordinary language with the language of the poets, and secondly they typically represent creativity within formulaicity. To study quotations in more detail, a database of quotations from and allusions to Shakespeare's Hamlet, one of the most often-quoted literary artefacts, is being built at the University of Basel. The construction of the database is outlined and a first example of application is delivered. The study on historical phraseology concentrates on three lines from Hamlet, which despite their common source and their conceptual similarity vary considerably in their domains and periods of re-application. It is suggested that semantic, rhetoric, syntactic and discourse functional factors influence the choice of quotational use.
Language
English
Keywords
Corpuslinguistics
phraseology
historical linguistics
applied linguistics
Shakespeare studies
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SHSS - Kulturen, Institutionen, Maerkte (KIM)
Book title
Proceedings of the Corpus Linguistics Conference : CL 2009
Publisher
University of Liverpool
Volume
52
Pages
19
Event Title
Corpus Linguistics Conference (CL) 2009
Event Location
Liverpool
Event Date
20.-23.07.2009
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
251563