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T1 Semantic change in William Shakespeare: a case study from sonnet 130
A1 Galán da Costa, Ana Lis
A2 Filologia Inglesa
K1 Lengua inglesa
K1 Lingüística
K1 Semántica
K1 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
AB This dissertation focuses in semantic change in the English language as particularised in a selection of words from Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare: wire, rare, reek and mistress. The reasons why this topic has been selected are the need to raise an awareness of the changing nature of the meaning of words and, through the knowledge of the semantic change in these words, to allow a better understanding of Shakespeare’s sonnets –thus providing evidence of the need of sound rigorous philological work in the edition of works from earlier periods. An introduction containing the theoretical framework about semantic change and about the relevant linguistic period (Early Modern English, EModE, henceforth) is followed by an account and discussion of main facts concerning Shakespeare’s life, works and language, with particular attention to the sonnets. The textual work consists of research into authoritative reference (etymological) works in order to outline the various semantic changes undergone by the above-mentioned words. These changes have been traced back as early in time as necessary, on the one hand, while, on the other, their semantic histories from Shakespeare’s time till Present-Day English have also been described. The TFG is closed by an analysis of the main tendencies detected and by the general conclusions
YR 2018
FD 2018-05-24
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10612/7929
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10612/7929
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 26-abr-2024