Formulaicity and Creativity in Language and Literature

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Synopsis

The chapters in this book elucidate the nature of semi-fixed formulaic sequences; how the meaning of formulaic expressions can change over time; how readers interpret formulaic expressions in first and second languages; how modern and postmodern authors use traditional genres and tales to challenging effect; and how formulaic patterns involving particular words can underlie the texture and meanings of entire novels. Together, the contributions to this collection provide a convincing reassessment of the potential creativity of the formulaic in a variety of linguistic and literary contexts. This book was originally published as a special issue of the European Journal of English Studies. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Book details

Author:
Ian MacKenzie, Martin A. Kayman
ISBN:
9781351760621
Related ISBNs:
9781138721579, 9781351760614, 9781315194295, 9781351760607, 9780367229672
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Pages:
116
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2024-01-26
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2018
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Language Arts, Nonfiction