Formulaic Language and New Data: Theoretical and Methodological Implications

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2020

Formulaic Language and New Data

Theoretical and Methodological Implications

Edited by: Elisabeth Piirainen , Natalia Filatkina , Sören Stumpf and Christian Pfeiffer

Volume 3 in the series Formelhafte Sprache / Formulaic Language

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110669824

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About this book

The existence of formulaic patterns has been attested to all languages of the world. However, systematic research in this field has been focused on only a few European standard languages with a rich literary tradition and a high degree of written norm. It was on the basis of these data that the theoretical framework and methodological approaches were developed.
The volume shifts this focus by centering the investigation on new data, including data from lesser-used languages and dialects, extra-european languages, linguistic varieties mostly used in spoken domains as well as at previous historical stages of language development. Their inclusion challenges the existing postulates at both a theoretical and methodological level.
Areas of interest include the following questions: What is formulaic in these types of languages, varieties and dialects? Are the criteria developed within the framework of phraseological research applicable to new data? Can any specific types of formulaic patterns and/or any specific features of regular (already known) types of formulaic patterns be observed and how do they emerge? What methodological difficulties need to be overcome when dealing with new data?

Author information

Elisabeth Piirainen †; Natalia Filatkina & Sören Stumpf, University of Trier; Christian Pfeiffer, PH Freiburg.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Content Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Formulaic Language and New Data Natalia Filatkina, Sören Stumpf and Christian Pfeiffer Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I: Lesser-Used and Areally Limited Languages
Lesser-Used Languages and their Contribution to the Study of Formulaic and Figurative Language Elisabeth Piirainen Open Access Download PDF	19
Areal Variation and Change in the Phraseology of Contemporary German Stephan Elspaß Open Access Download PDF	43
An Analysis of Basque Collocations Formed by Onomatopoeia and Verbs in a Translational Corpus of Literary Texts Open Access Download PDF	79
Part II: Languages Spoken outside Europe
(How) is Formulaic Language Universal? Insights from Korean, German and English Andreas Buerki Open Access Download PDF	103
Marḥaban: Reconsidering the Criteria of an Arabic Phraseme Abdullah Eisa Open Access Download PDF	135
Formulaic Expressions of Politeness in Jordanian Arabic Social Interactions Muhammad A. Badarneh Open Access Download PDF	151
Part III: Linguistic Varieties Used in Spoken Domains and/or Regarded as ‘Conceptually Oral’
New Pragmatic Idioms in Polish: An Integrated Approach in Pragmateme Research Joanna Szerszunowicz Open Access Download PDF	173
Compositionality: Evidence from Code- Switching Mareike Keller Open Access Download PDF	197
Part IV: Earlier/Historical Stages of Language Development
Insights into a Changing Communal Constructicon Legal Writing in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period Marie-Luis Merten Open Access Download PDF	225
Religious Formulae in Historical Lower- Class Patient Letters Christian Pfeiffer and Markus Schiegg Open Access Download PDF	249

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics (Linguistics, Cultural and Media Studies)
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 277
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 17
- Coloured Illustrations: 20
Keywords: Formulaic language; language contact; dialect; spoken varieties

eBook

Published: January 20, 2020
ISBN: 9783110669824

Hardcover

Published: January 20, 2020
ISBN: 9783110666519

Paperback

Published: January 31, 2022
ISBN: 9783110777727