28.4939, Diss: German, Old High; Historical Linguistics; Morphology: Nicolaus Raag: ''Substantivkomposita und Sinngebung im Kontext frühmittelalterlicher Wissensvermittlung. Eine kulturanalytisch-linguistische Untersuchung zur Wortbildung bei Notker III.''

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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:59:49
From: Nicolaus Raag [N.J.Raag at gmail.com]
Subject: Substantivkomposita und Sinngebung im Kontext frühmittelalterlicher Wissensvermittlung. Eine kulturanalytisch-linguistische Untersuchung zur Wortbildung bei Notker III.

 
Institution: Uppsala University 
Program: German studies 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2016 

Author: Nicolaus Janos Raag

Dissertation Title: Substantivkomposita und Sinngebung im Kontext
frühmittelalterlicher Wissensvermittlung. Eine
kulturanalytisch-linguistische Untersuchung zur Wortbildung 
bei Notker III. 

Dissertation URL:  http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn%3Anbn%3Ase%3Auu%3Adiva-297081

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Morphology

Subject Language(s): German, Old High (goh)


Dissertation Director(s):
Andreas Nievergelt
Dessislava Stoeva-Holm

Dissertation Abstract:

This thesis approaches the question of how nominal compounds as linguistic
means contribute to the construction of cultural meaning within the framework
of knowledge transfer in the medieval monastic school. The starting point for
the study is the semiotic definition of culture, which sees culture as shared
models for perceiving, relating and interpreting among members of a social
group. Language is seen as the place where cultural meaning is constructed and
manifests itself in significant patterns, i.e., patterns of language usage
that have meaning due to the fact that they are patterns. The central
objective of this study is to reveal such patterns in nominal compounds drawn
from Old High German (or rather bilingual hybrid) adaptations of Latin school
texts translated, or adapted by Notker III (Labeo). Focus is placed on newly
formed compounds, as well as compounds that differ distinctively from their
Latin models. Methodologically this study combines the morphosemantic analysis
of nominal compounds with a hermeneutic approach interpreting compounds in
their textual and cultural context. Three significant patterns were
established: (1) explication of implied meaning, (2) summary of complex
expressions, and (3) explanatory translation. The first pattern can be
observed in cases where the power of compounds to give additional information
was utilised, e.g., in order to ensure a certain interpretation of a
metaphorical expression. The second pattern demonstrates the capacity of
compounds to refer to more complex concepts, expressing underlying syntactic
constructions in a more memorisable manner. Finally, recourse was taken to
explanatory translation in order to make the concept easier to understand. The
three patterns are not necessarily the only patterns used by Notker III
(Labeo); rather they are to be seen as an exemplification of the potential of
nominal compounds for meaning construction.




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