Linguistics

Vol. 137 (2013)

Zum Gebrauch rhetorischer Figuren der Hinzufügung in deutschen Grabinschriften

Józef Jarosz

Pages: 77 - 93

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Abstract

Use of rhetorical figures of repetitionin German funerary inscriptions

The semantic structure of funerary inscriptions has a dual character. The onomastic-genealogial part is characterized by stereotypical forms of expression and performs a referential function. Its opposi­tion, the emotive text-component, eulogy, is dominated by the function of self-expression, with no­ticeable linguistic elegance. The present article examines the use of rhetorical figures of repetition in the German funerary inscriptions dating from the period 1790–2010 and analyzes closely their poet-ic function. The study shows that the analyzed texts contain a lot of different rhetorical figures of repetition, which confirms the poetic function of the investigated genre.

Citation rules

Jarosz, J. (2013). Zum Gebrauch rhetorischer Figuren der Hinzufügung in deutschen Grabinschriften. Germanica Wratislaviensia, 137, 77–93. Retrieved from https://wuwr.pl/gwr/article/view/2128