Nigel Fabb
List of John Benjamins publications for which Nigel Fabb plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 0929-0907 | E-ISSN 1569-9943
Articles
2021 Experiences of ineffable significance Beyond Meaning, Ifantidou, Elly, Louis de Saussure and Tim Wharton (eds.), pp. 135–150 | Chapter
An ‘experience of ineffable significance’ is sudden feeling of knowing something very significant but which cannot be described in words, sometimes accompanied by chills or tears. Amongst its types are the sublime and (secular) ‘epiphanies’. Drawing on work by Huron and by Meyer, I propose that… read more
2012 Chapter 4. Dylan Thomas’s meters Of Grammar, Words, and Verses: In honor of Carlos Piera, Torrego, Esther (ed.), pp. 67–86 | Article
This chapter applies to Dylan Thomas’s metrical poetry the theory of meter developed in collaboration with Carlos Piera in Fabb and Halle (2008). We explain the various properties of the strict and loose meters used by Thomas. We also discuss some poems which can be analyzed as simultaneously in… read more
2009 Pairs and triplets: A theory of metrical verse Towards a Typology of Poetic Forms: From language to metrics and beyond, Aroui, Jean-Louis and Andy Arleo (eds.), pp. 167–192 | Article
All metrical verse involves the measurement of the line; in this paper we show that the line is measured by grouping syllables into pairs or triplets (feet), which are further grouped into pairs or triplets. The grouping is accomplished by iterative rules which build a metrical grid from the line.… read more