{"product_id":"words-and-expressions-of-emotion-in-medieval-english-9783631627747","title":"Words and Expressions of Emotion in Medieval","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis monograph is a study of words and expressions of emotion found in Old and Middle English texts. Lexical variety, rivalry among synonyms, both native and non-native, and their successive replacement are discussed illustrated with a large number of examples. «Impersonal» and reflexive constructions, which give peculiar features to medieval texts, are examined, focusing on basic verbs of emotion. Words found in the \u003ci\u003eSeven Deadly Sins \u003c\/i\u003eand the contrasting use of the genitive and the \u003ci\u003eof\u003c\/i\u003e-phrase in \u003ci\u003eGod’s love \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ethe love of God \u003c\/i\u003eare treated as typical medieval themes. Appendices are added to illustrate the variant forms of these words and expressions in the versions of the Gospels and the Psalter, together with formulaic expressions of emotion in Old English poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Lexical Variety and Supersession – Synonyms in Some Semantic Fields of Emotion – God’s Love and the Seven Deadly Sins – «Impersonal» and Reflexive Constructions.","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044228366679,"sku":"9783631627747","price":55.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783631627747.jpg?v=1750960936","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/words-and-expressions-of-emotion-in-medieval-english-9783631627747","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}