Crossing thresholds: the lexicalization and performance of memory in early imperial funerary inscriptions from Sicily
The article explores the diction of the funerary (and honorific) inscriptions from three early imperial (1 BC to AD 401) Sicilian cities, i.e. Catania, Termini, and Syracuse. By means of the I.Sicily Sketch Engine corpus, three sub-samples were drawn reflecting syntactic (asyndesis), pragmatic (Dis...
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| Main Author: | Victoria Beatrix Fendel |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2025-05-01
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| Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/lexis/9047 |
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