Eric Shane Bryan

Discourse in Old Norse Literature

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An examination of what dialogues and direct speech in Old Norse literature can convey and mean, beyond their immediate face-value.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781843845973
• ISBN-10: 1843845970
• Artikelnr.: 60741564

Autorenporträt

ERIC SHANE BRYAN is Associate Professor of English at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Note on the
Text Introduction: Discourse in Old Norse Literature 1. When Questions Are
Not Questions 2. The Quarrel of the Queens and Indirect Aggression 3.
Sneglu-Halli and the Conflictive Principle 4. Felicity Conditions and
Conversion Confrontations 5. Icelanders and Their Language Abroad 6.
Proverbs and Poetry as Pragmatic Weapons 7. Speech Situations and the
Pragmatics of Gender 8. Manuscript Genealogy and the Diachrony of Pragmatic
Usage in Icelandic Sagas Conclusion: Close Context and the Proximity of
Pragmatics Afterword Bibliography Index