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Records of Real People: Linguistic variation in Middle English local documentsEdited by Merja Stenroos and Kjetil V. Thengs
[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics 11] 2020
► pp. 219–248
Edited by Merja Stenroos and Kjetil V. Thengs
[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics 11] 2020
► pp. 219–248
Chapter 10Ventriloquism or individual voice
Formulaic language in heresy abjurations
Article outline
- 10.1Introduction
- 10.2Historical context
- 10.2.1The Lollards
- 10.2.2The heresy trial
- 10.3Approaches and definitions
- 10.3.1The present corpus
- 10.3.2The characteristics of abjuration texts
- 10.3.3Identifying confessional utterances
- 10.3.4Formulaic and non-formulaic language
- 10.4Presentation of findings
- 10.5Discussion
- 10.5.1The question of individual contribution
- 10.5.2The abjuration as an opportunity to speak?
- 10.6Conclusions
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