Relative Use of Phonaesthemes in the Constitution and Development of Genres

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dc.contributor.advisorWalker, James
dc.creatorHarbeck, James Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-20T16:58:24Z
dc.date.available2016-09-20T16:58:24Z
dc.date.copyright2016-03-08
dc.date.issued2016-09-20
dc.date.updated2016-09-20T16:58:24Z
dc.degree.disciplineLinguistics and Applied Linguistics (Theoretical Linguistics)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractMy research question is Does the presence of phonaesthemes in words play a role in the constitution and evolution of genres? A phonaestheme is a phonemic grouping that correlates well above chance with a particular semantic quality in etymologically unrelated words; phonaesthematic words are generally seen as vivid, expressive, and involved. I explore the nature of phonaesthemes and genres and the role of features such as phonaesthemes in the constitution of genres. I select a set of phonaesthemes to evaluate and choose a representative set of lemmas and matching non-phonaesthematic lemmas. I survey these in six genres over three time periods in the US and the UK. I analyze the results and their implications for phonaesthemes and for genre constitution, finding, among other things, that phonaesthemes are important in the social positioning of genres. The summary answer to my research question is thus found to be Yes, it does.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/32268
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectLanguage
dc.subject.keywordsLinguistics
dc.subject.keywordsSociolinguistics
dc.subject.keywordsQuantitative sociolinguistics
dc.subject.keywordsPhonaesthetics
dc.subject.keywordsPhonaesthemes
dc.subject.keywordsPhonesthetics
dc.subject.keywordsPhonesthemes
dc.subject.keywordsGenre
dc.subject.keywordsRegister
dc.subject.keywordsLexis
dc.subject.keywordsHistorical
dc.titleRelative Use of Phonaesthemes in the Constitution and Development of Genres
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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