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In:Written Reliquaries: The resonance of orality in medieval English texts
Leslie K. Arnovick
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 153] 2006
► pp. v–viii

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Published online: 20 December 2006

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.153.toc

Table of contents

Acknowledgmentsix

List of Figures xi

Preface

Reconstructing Spoken Performance in Medieval Texts: A Joint Exploration in Oral Theory and Historical Pragmatics

Oral Relics in Old English

Speaking Gibberish

Praying the Pater Noster

Invoking Saints

Keeping Silence

Oral Relics in Middle English

Making Promises

Quoting Proverbs

Pronouncing Book Curses

Conclusion

Appendices

Notes

Bibliography

Index