"Whoever Alters This, May God Turn His Face from Him on the Day of Judgment": Curses in Anglo-Saxon Legal Documents. Danet, B. & Bogoch, B. The Journal of American Folklore, 105(416):132--165, 1992. Paper abstract bibtex 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.
@article{danet_whoever_1992,
title = {"{Whoever} {Alters} {This}, {May} {God} {Turn} {His} {Face} from {Him} on the {Day} of {Judgment}": {Curses} in {Anglo}-{Saxon} {Legal} {Documents}},
volume = {105},
issn = {0021-8715},
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abstract = {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.},
number = {416},
journal = {The Journal of American Folklore},
author = {Danet, Brenda and Bogoch, Bryna},
year = {1992},
pages = {132--165}
}
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