ITALIAN

Nomi e volti della paura nelle valli dell'Adda e della Mera

By Remo Bracchi

Book information

Publisher
de Gruyter
Year
2009
ISBN
3484523514, 9783484523517
Open Library ID
OL25044004M
Language
italian
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2631906 bytes)
Series
Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Fur Romanische Philologie
Edition
1
Pages
592\603
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

Description

Linguistic interdiction, with its imposition of avoiding evocative words of fearful emotions, is the cause of the pulverization of lexicon. Tracing the multiplication of referents, the diverse sectors within which prohibitions of various nature have operated in the past (and often continue to operate) are identified, in most cases in an unsuspected manner: the religious senti-ments, the wonder and fear in front of immense atmospheric and geological phenomena, the mysterious behaviour of many insects and animals, the sudden and unexplainable emergence of pathological and sickly state of mind, sexuality, death.

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