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Una breve storia del ‘cadavere’: caduti latini, corpi morti romanzi e una postilla dantesca

Elisa Guadagnini    Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale "A. Zampolli"    

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abstract

The designations of death, dying, and the dead have been extensively studied, especially since they are often subject to linguistic taboo and are therefore named through euphemisms and dysphemisms. This contribution will reconstruct the history of the lexical type cadaver, in parallel with corpus (mortuum), from ancient Latin to modern Romance languages: the ‘X-phemic’ model will be discussed, but the study will adopt a semasiological perspective.

Published
Dec. 20, 2023
Accepted
Oct. 15, 2023
Submitted
Aug. 31, 2023
Language
IT

Keywords: Lexicology • Romance Linguistics • Corpse • Corpo morto • Dante Alighieri

permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/TranScript/2785-5708/2023/04/001

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