Linguistics meets literature : more on the grammar of Emily Dickinson / Matthias Bauer [and seven others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bauer, Matthias, 1958- author.

Bade, Nadine, Author.

Beck, Sigrid, Author.

Brockmann, Saskia, Author.

Riecker, Susanne, Author.

Zirker, Angelika, Author.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; Volume 329.

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; Volume 329

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Criticism and interpretation.

Dickinson, Emily.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 254 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book aims at a systematic analysis of linguistic phenomena in the poetry of Emily Dickinson by combining the methods of linguistics and literary studies. The authors concentrate on the poetry of Emily Dickinson, since it displays a highly uncommon use of language. They argue that this is part of her poetical strategy and gives evidence of a large degree of linguistic competence and awareness.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Table of Contents

Introduction

I.1 “To pile like Thunder”: Lexical Ambiguity

I.2 “You said that I ‘was Great’”: Scales and Contextual Parameters

I.3 “I’m Nobody!”: Interpreting Quantifiers

I.4 “This was a Poet”: Identifying Referents – Definites and Demonstratives

I.5 “If it had no pencil”: Identifying Referents – Pronouns

I.6 “My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun”: Semantic Mismatches and Coercion

II.1 The Poet as Linguist

II.2 The Linguist as Poet

III.1 Poetry as a Data Source for Formal Linguistics

III.2 Formal Linguistics as a Tool in Literary Studies

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110642810

3110642816

9783110646825

311064682X

OCLC:

1158099351