Whoever Alters This, May God Turn His Face from Him on the Day of Judgment
Curses in Anglo-Saxon Legal Documents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2817697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brenda Danet, Bryna Bogoch (0000-0002-6791-8532) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 416 |
| Pages | 132 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/541083 |
| OpenAlex | W2321239168 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Curses are a form of word magic. We present a typology of curses and then focus on one type-whoever curses intended to intimidate anyone violating the speaker or writer's wishes. Following a speech act analysis of whoever curses, we analyze a corpus of such curses in Anglo-Saxon legal documents. We discuss the structure and functions of curses and linguistic stylization. Curses are both a type of oral residue and evidence of growing awareness of the performative potential of writing
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2022 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |