Is literary language a development of ordinary language?

被引:20
作者
Fabb, Nigel [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Strathclyde, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
关键词
Metre; Alliteration; Rhyme; Parallelism; Literary linguistics; Literary language; ALLITERATION; PHONOLOGY;
D O I
10.1016/j.lingua.2009.07.007
中图分类号
H0 [语言学];
学科分类号
030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
摘要
Contemporary literary linguistics is guided by the 'Development Hypothesis' which says that literary language is formed and regulated by developing only the elements, rules and constraints of ordinary language. Six ways of differentiating literary language from ordinary language are tested against the Development Hypothesis, as are various kinds of superadded constraint including metre, rhyme and alliteration and parallelism. Literary language differs formally, but is unlikely to differ semantically, from ordinary language. The article concludes by asking why the Development Hypothesis might hold. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:1219 / 1232
页数:14
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