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"This book interrogates our ideas about heterosexuality through examination of medieval romance narratives. Familiar configurations of romantic fiction such as male desire overwhelming feminine reluctance and the aloof masculine hero undone by love derive from this period. This book tests current theories of language and desire through stylistic analysis, examining transitivity choices and speech acts in sexual encounters and conversations in medieval romances. In the context of current preoccupations with gender and sexuality, and consent in rape cases, this study is of interest to scholars investigating language and sexuality as well as those researching and teaching medieval literature and culture."--BOOK JACKET.

Romances, English --- English literature --- Literature, Medieval --- Heterosexuality in literature. --- Femininity in literature. --- Masculinity in literature. --- Sex role in literature. --- Sexual dominance and submission. --- History and criticism. --- Criminology. Victimology --- Pragmatics --- Fiction --- Developmental psychology --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- anno 500-1499 --- Great Britain --- Discourse analysis --- Heterosexuality --- Love --- Literature --- Masculinity --- Rape --- Féminité --- Book --- Imaging

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Studies in the Lexical Field of Expectation presents a classification by conceptual field of the vocabulary expressing the ideas in the semantic field of Expectation. The field divides into eleven categories including Surprise, Disappointment, Hope, Fear, Caution, Courage, and Rashness. The categories, subcategories of the field and the lexical items are ordered hierarchically and each sense is followed by its dates of usage. The book discusses the method and methodology of constructing the classification examining the delimitation of the field, the choice of headwords, the process of classifying the materials, and the use and presentation of grammatical information within a semantic classification. The proportions of loan words and native terms within each conceptual group are investigated and it examines the patterns of accessions and obsolescences across the centuries from Old English to the present day.

Indo-European Languages --- Languages and Linguistics --- Linguistics --- Semantics

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These papers reflect the long and distinguished career of Professor Jane Roberts in the field of medieval English studies, and especially her pioneering work on A Thesaurus of Old English, which provides novel source material for several of the contributions to the volume. Many of the papers deal with aspects of early lexicology and lexicography, while others focus on linguistic and literary features of Old and Middle English texts and their interpretation. They will thus be of interest to researchers in many areas of early English. A special introductory article describes the interlinked development of A Thesaurus of Old English, The Historical Thesaurus of English, and the proposed Thesaurus of Middle English. Contributors include: Rosamund Allen, Janet M. Bately, Carole P. Biggam, Michelle Brown, Julie Coleman, Janet Cowen, Jodi-Ann George, Joyce Hill, Rosemary Huisman, Giovanni Iarmartino, George Kane, Éamonn Ó Carragáin, Michiko Ogura, Peter Orton, Jeremy J. Smith, E.G. Stanley, Paul Szarmach, Ronald Waldron.

English language --- English literature --- Lexicology --- History and criticism

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Science --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Historical linguistics --- Comparative linguistics --- Linguistics --- Language and literature --- History --- History of Europe --- lexicologie --- taalfamilies --- onderzoeksmethoden --- linguïstiek --- Europese geschiedenis --- meertaligheid --- middeleeuwen --- anno 500-1499 --- Europe

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