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Formulaicity and Creativity in Language and Literature

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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.

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ISBN: 9781138721579
Publication date: 11th July 2017
Author: Ian MacKenzie
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 116 pages
Genres: Literary theory
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Historical and comparative linguistics