Swā hwæt?

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_1724
dc.contributor.author	Buzzoni Marina
dc.title	Swā hwæt?. Percorsi interpretativi e scelte traduttive di una ‘parola fantasma’
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	Under the most common interpretation, Old English hwæt, the very first word of the epic poem Beowulf, is to be considered as an interjection (e.g. Lo!). After discussing two theoretical positions that depart from this traditional assumption, i.e. the exclamative hypothesis (Walkden 2013) and the pragmatic marker hypothesis (Brinton 1996, 2017), this study aims at taking into consideration the hermeneutical and translational implications of the aforementioned theories. It will also be claimed that a virtuous synthesis of the two positions is not impossible; therefore, new translations of ancient texts are called for, in which such synthesis can be pursued.
dc.relation.ispartof	Medieval and Modern Philologies
dc.relation.ispartof	Serie occidentale
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2018-05-24
dc.dateAccepted	2018-02-19
dc.dateSubmitted	2018-01-17
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-250-5/swa-hwt/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-248-2/005
dc.identifier.issn	2610-945X
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9441
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-250-5
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-248-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Hwæt-hypotheses
dc.subject	Hwæt-hypotheses
dc.subject	Old English
dc.subject	Old English
dc.subject	Theory and practice of translation
dc.subject	Theory and practice of translation

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Swā hwæt?

Percorsi interpretativi e scelte traduttive di una ‘parola fantasma’

Marina Buzzoni Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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Under the most common interpretation, Old English hwæt, the very first word of the epic poem Beowulf, is to be considered as an interjection (e.g. Lo!). After discussing two theoretical positions that depart from this traditional assumption, i.e. the exclamative hypothesis (Walkden 2013) and the pragmatic marker hypothesis (Brinton 1996, 2017), this study aims at taking into consideration the hermeneutical and translational implications of the aforementioned theories. It will also be claimed that a virtuous synthesis of the two positions is not impossible; therefore, new translations of ancient texts are called for, in which such synthesis can be pursued.

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May 24, 2018

Accepted

Feb. 19, 2018

Submitted

Jan. 17, 2018

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978-88-6969-250-5

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978-88-6969-248-2

Keywords: Hwæt-hypotheses • Old English • Theory and practice of translation

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