Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: An International Review of English Studies
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Studia Anglica Posnaniensia to czasopismo anglistyczne, ukazujące się cztery razy w roku. Na jego zawartość składają się artykuły językoznawcze oraz literaturoznawcze, a także recenzje. Czasopismu publikuje artykuły wyłącznie w języku angielskim.
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia is an international review of English studies, appearing four times a year. The journal carries original articles on English linguistics and literature as well as book reviews. The language of the journal is English.
Redaktor naczelny: Marcin Krygier
Kontakt: Studia Anglica Posnaniensia,
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61-874 Poznań
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e-mail: sap@wa.amu.edu.pl
strona www: http://wa.amu.edu.pl/sap/
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Nazwa wydawcy: Adam Mickiewicz University/De Gruyter Open
ISSN: 0081-6272
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Item A "Testimonie"'s stance: Editorial positioning in Ælfric’s "Sermo in Die Pascae"(Adam Mickiewicz University, 2012) Mele-Marrero, MargaritaBeing one of the first texts to reproduce in printed form the Anglo-Saxon characters, A Testimonie of Antiquity, basically an edition of Ælfric’s “Sermo in Die Pascae”, has been the object of philological studies. Its subject matter related to the Anglican reform has also been analysed from a religious perspective. This article intends to focus on a different aspect, the reason for the text’s success evidenced in its several reproductions and content discussions, which have reached the 20th century. We claim the main credit for this success is to be given to its editors and, therefore, a pragmatic analysis concentrating on stance and engagement (Hyland 2005, 2009) is an adequate study frame. The conclusions will reveal how although there are quantifiable markers that facilitated the positive reception of the text, there were other elements (closer to modern writing implements) the authors utilized to achieve their final objective.Item A (crooked) mirror for knights – the case of Dinadan(Adam Mickiewicz University, 2008) Witalisz, WładysławThe picture of chivalry in medieval romance was primarily an idealised vision of knightly custom. The world of King Arthur and Camelot codified moral and courtly standards which were presented in literature as patterns for emulation. The writings of Sir Thomas Malory, the last medieval bearerup of Camelot, was understood and received by medieval readers as a traditional praise of chivalry. It is therefore especially intriguing to find in the Morte Darthur the irreverent figure of Dinadan, a knight more ready for a jest rather than a joust, a clown whose words and deeds ridicule chivalric customs. His light treatment of chivalric norm and of courtly love sets him apart from the otherwise traditionally-minded Camelot. On the one hand, Dinadan may be viewed as Malory’s touch of comedy and common-sense in his late medieval treatment of the old, quaint world. On the other hand, Dinadan’s irreverence may be seen as a serious breach in the otherwise didactically idealised image of Arthur’s Britain. The presence of Dinadan complicates the moral appeal of Malory’s Camelot and brings a dose of ambivalence and a lack of clear didactic closure into the text.Item A bird's eye-view of English influences upon the Romanian lexis(Adam Mickiewicz University, 1977) Bantas, AndreiItem A brief reappraisal of contrastive linguistics(Adam Mickiewicz University, 1972) Selinker, LarryItem A brief rejoinder to Wright (1997)(Adam Mickiewicz University, 1997) Platzer, HansItem A case of David and Goliath: The changing position of Afrikaans vis-á-vis eleven official languages(Adam Mickiewicz University, 1997) Raidt, Edith H.Item A case of syntactic change in English(Adam Mickiewicz University, 1995) Bennet, WilliamItem A cognitive grammar perspective on temporal conceptualization in SLA(2020) Kermer, FrankaThis article shows how cognitive grammar and cognitive linguistics theory offer a fruitful paradigm within which the process of second language acquisition can be examined. The aim is to describe and examine the benefit of using notions developed within the CG and CL frameworks to the study of crosslinguistic influence, especially conceptual transfer, in multilinguals. In recent years, the growth of empirical research concerning the contribution of cognitive-inspired theories to the study of second language acquisition and multilingualism has grown extensively. This article illustrates the possible contribution of CL to SLA by focusing on one particular line of inquiry: that of construal. Specifically, it examines how the notions developed within cognitive grammar theory can be useful tools for the analysis and comparison of conceptualization patterns of events, thus giving rise to transfer effects stemming from the way a person construes and conceptualizes events. The starting hypothesis is that conceptual transfer effects in the use of the target grammar, in this case the transfer effects in the TIME domain, may originate from the conceptualization patterns that the multilingual has acquired as a speaker of another L1. Previous transfer research has obtained evidence to suggest that patterns of L1 conceptualizations may be transferred into learners’ L2 through patterns that are similar to their L1. The utilization of central tools within cognitive grammar in order to unmask conceptual differences represents an important contribution to the state of the art of crosslinguistic influence research.Item A comparative study of the lexical availability of monolingual and bilingual schoolchildren(Adam Mickiewicz University, 1981) Dimitrijević, Naum R.Item A constructional analysis of obligatory XVS syntactic structures(Adam Mickiewicz University, 2016) Prado-Alonso, CarlosThe analysis of obligatory or formulaic XVS structures — as in “Here comes the sun” or “Now is the time to solve our problems” — has been neglected in the literature since it has been argued that there seems to be no linguistic variation involved in the use of these types of syntactic constructions. Here, I defend the view that obligatory XVS structures are productive, highly structured constructions which are worthy of serious linguistic investigation. On the basis of a corpus-based analysis of written and spoken texts, it is argued that the different obligatory XVS types distinguished in the literature are clear instances of constructions as understood in the Construction Grammar framework. Despite their formal and functional dissimilarities, the article shows that these XVS structures still relate to one another in systematic and predictable ways, and are in fact grouped in relation to a unit in the schematic network which is naturally most salient — the prototype — and form with it a family of nodes which are extensions from the prototype — in the system. In sum, the analysis here will show that obligatory XVS structures are constructions which form an interconnected, structured system or network and are best understood with reference to different forms of inheritance.Item A contrastive study of lexical relations in English and Hungarian(Adam Mickiewicz University, 1977) Csapó, JózsefItem A corpus-based study of the figure and ground in sitting, standing, and lying constructions(Adam Mickiewicz University, 2001) Newman, JohnItem ‘A dismal howling’: Formulaic density and the Gothic tableau(Adam Mickiewicz University, 2021) Aguirre, ManuelScant attention has been paid by critics to the formulaic diction that pervades the Gothic genre. This article continues an extended experiment aiming to analyse formulaicity in one of the less-known Gothic novels. Peter Teuthold’s 1794 The Necromancer exhibits massive co-occurrence: textual units (lexemes, sounds, and both phrase and clause formations) regularly gravitate around other textual units, effectively clustering into fields. A field is defined as an open paradigm of items related by functional equivalence; the novel handles its components not as independent units but only in accordance with a ‘fielding’ principle, that is, only as paradigmatic elements which can be exchanged for or combined with other elements. Previous work has established a distinction between the formula properly so called and the formulaic pattern, defined as a construct that attracts lexical, phonological, syntactic, and connotative fields into its orbit. The article argues that ‘fielding’ operates on at least one ‘higher’ level, the level where formulaic patterns combine to shape a charged moment in the narrative – a tableau. After selecting a fragment of text and illustrating the structure of a single formulaic pattern, the article isolates each phrase or clause segment in the fragment, outlines the pattern it belongs in, and shows that over seventy-five per cent of its textual matter is demonstrably formulaic. Analysis of several other excerpts suggests that formulaic density is not homogeneous but decreases or rises at different points in the novel. A rationale for high-density segments is then sought in the ritualising nature of the tableau itself.Item A female peon and the state of war in Thomas Middleton’s "A Game at Chess"(Adam Mickiewicz University, 1999) Ziaja-Buchholtz, MirosławaItem A folkloristic analysis of Polish immigrant narratives in Western Canada(2020) Deutsch, JamesThe large wave of Polish immigration to Canada during the years immediately following World War II also brought the production of written narratives that reflect upon the process of migration and settlement in the new place. Although these migrants included persons from all across Poland, of different age groups, backgrounds, and occupations, the migration narratives share certain distinctive formulas and patterns, particularly in terms of their plot lines and narrative structure. Each story highlights the journey and its difficulties, the arrival and culture shock, the struggle to adapt, and finally acceptance of life in the new world. This article focuses on the migration experiences of Józef Bauer (arriving in Canada in 1946), Helena Beznowska (arriving 1948), Marian Pawiński (arriving 1949), and Erika Wolf-May (arriving 1953). Explored from a folkloristic perspective, these four narratives fulfill the four functions of folklore: entertainment, education, validation and reinforcement of beliefs and conduct, and maintaining the stability, solidarity, cohesiveness, and continuity of a group within the larger mass culture. Moreover, as folkloric expressions of culture, the narratives not only reflect our very human culture, but also reinforce our shared humanity.Item A friend of my mother(‘s): On the use of genitive vs. common case in postmodifying of-phrases(Adam Mickiewicz University, 1998) Johansson, Stig; Oksefjell, SigneItem A functional approach to English tags(Adam Mickiewicz University, 1981) Östman, Jan-OlaItem A functional-stratificational analysis of what-clauses for pedagogical grammar(Adam Mickiewicz University, 1999) Yang, YonglinItem A glance at the true self of Shakespearean ellipsis(Adam Mickiewicz University, 2005) Nykiel, JoannaItem A history of the English perfect infinitive(Adam Mickiewicz University, 1999) Molencki, Rafał