Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VII
3. Note to Readers IX
4. Contents XI
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Semantic change and onomasiological variation: Doing historical sociolinguistics with the history of emotions 4
7. 2 Annotating a corpus of Old English texts for positive emotion expressions 32
8. 3 Rivalling cultural models for positive emotions in Old English texts 44
9. 4 The expression of positive emotions in Old English 66
10. 5 Clusters of meaning 242
11. 6 Positive emotions in Old English: Conflating conceptualizations of feeling well 269
12. Concluding remarks 289
13. References 293
14. Index 309