Deviner, Adeviner: Semantic Observations on Two Verbs From Old French (Langue D'Oil) Cover Image

Deviner, adeviner: osservazioni semantiche su due verbi del francese antico
Deviner, Adeviner: Semantic Observations on Two Verbs From Old French (Langue D'Oil)

Author(s): Francesca Righetti
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Morphology, Lexis, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Филолошки факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: deviner; adeviner; Old French; translation; dictionaries;

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the Old French verbs of deviner and adeviner, taking into consideration a corpus consisting of numerous editions with respective glossaries and linguistic notes. With regard to this, the paper aims at overcoming certain limitations of basic dictionaries: in some cases, conventional meanings proposed by them do not serve the purpose of adequate translation.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 125-131
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Italian