Michael Fontaine
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195341447
- eISBN:
- 9780199866915
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195341447.003.0002
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Literary Studies: Classical, Early, and Medieval
This chapter develops the stylistic method for recovering Plautus’ “funny” words adumbrated in chapter 1. An investigation of the comedian's dramatic use of Freudian errors, including slips of the ...
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This chapter develops the stylistic method for recovering Plautus’ “funny” words adumbrated in chapter 1. An investigation of the comedian's dramatic use of Freudian errors, including slips of the tongue and the mishearing of words, suggests that ancient scribes occasionally corrupted the less familiar word in a “parechesis,” or pun on two similar words, to an exact repetition of the more familiar word. Likewise, it is argued, scholars persistently misinterpret two homographs that Plautus intended as a pun on two different words as if they really were a repetition of the same word; reversal of both types of misapprehension clarifies psychology and consistency of characterization. Major proposals discussed at length include restoring the parasite names Curculio and Saturio (in Persa) to Gorgylio and Satyrio; evidence is again both textual and stylistic. It is then argued that vulgar Latin and medieval Latin sources may throw light on and enrich certain exchanges in Plautus; special attention is devoted to unnoticed puns in Pseudolus and to ghost words in Curculio(Gorgylio).Less
This chapter develops the stylistic method for recovering Plautus’ “funny” words adumbrated in chapter 1. An investigation of the comedian's dramatic use of Freudian errors, including slips of the tongue and the mishearing of words, suggests that ancient scribes occasionally corrupted the less familiar word in a “parechesis,” or pun on two similar words, to an exact repetition of the more familiar word. Likewise, it is argued, scholars persistently misinterpret two homographs that Plautus intended as a pun on two different words as if they really were a repetition of the same word; reversal of both types of misapprehension clarifies psychology and consistency of characterization. Major proposals discussed at length include restoring the parasite names Curculio and Saturio (in Persa) to Gorgylio and Satyrio; evidence is again both textual and stylistic. It is then argued that vulgar Latin and medieval Latin sources may throw light on and enrich certain exchanges in Plautus; special attention is devoted to unnoticed puns in Pseudolus and to ghost words in Curculio(Gorgylio).
John R Taylor
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199290802
- eISBN:
- 9780191741388
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199290802.003.0012
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Psycholinguistics / Neurolinguistics / Cognitive Linguistics
Mechanisms of creativity and innovation are addressed by applying Fauconnier and Turner's theory of conceptual blending to the structural elements of a language. While some blends are transitory ...
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Mechanisms of creativity and innovation are addressed by applying Fauconnier and Turner's theory of conceptual blending to the structural elements of a language. While some blends are transitory slips, others give rise to new lexical and phrasal resources. The insertion of words into constructions may also be seen as a case of blending.Less
Mechanisms of creativity and innovation are addressed by applying Fauconnier and Turner's theory of conceptual blending to the structural elements of a language. While some blends are transitory slips, others give rise to new lexical and phrasal resources. The insertion of words into constructions may also be seen as a case of blending.
Andreas Mayer
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780226057958
- eISBN:
- 9780226058009
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226058009.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This chapter examines the distinctive features of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic setting and their variations between 1900 and 1914 and the reemergence of differences between the Paris and Nancy ...
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This chapter examines the distinctive features of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic setting and their variations between 1900 and 1914 and the reemergence of differences between the Paris and Nancy schools in this historical trajectory. It looks at the function of Freudian self-analysis, focusing on the interpretation of dreams and slips of the tongue which Freud developed as a writing exercise. It also considers how Freud detached his technique from the situated character of his own practice and elaborated a form of “virtual analysis.” Freud retained the claim of psychoanalysis performing an experimental situation, but separated his own setting from the objectifying practices that had dominated hypnotism as an experimental and therapeutic endeavor.Less
This chapter examines the distinctive features of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic setting and their variations between 1900 and 1914 and the reemergence of differences between the Paris and Nancy schools in this historical trajectory. It looks at the function of Freudian self-analysis, focusing on the interpretation of dreams and slips of the tongue which Freud developed as a writing exercise. It also considers how Freud detached his technique from the situated character of his own practice and elaborated a form of “virtual analysis.” Freud retained the claim of psychoanalysis performing an experimental situation, but separated his own setting from the objectifying practices that had dominated hypnotism as an experimental and therapeutic endeavor.
