POV: me, an empath, sensing the linguistic urge . . . to study the forms and functions of text-memes

Greene, Jacqueline Hirsh und Schmid, Hans–Jörg (2024): POV: me, an empath, sensing the linguistic urge . . . to study the forms and functions of text-memes. In: English Today, Bd. 40, Nr. 2: S. 97-104

Abstract

A catapult into the world of social media, the title of our paper may be incoherent to some readers. What on earth does POV: me, an empath, sensing the linguistic urge ( . . . ) mean, and when and why would speakers say it? The title contains a jumble of three so-called text-memes – (1) POV, (2) me, an empath, VERB-ing X, and (3) the X urge to Y – all of which will be encountered in this paper. What we are calling ‘text-memes’ are memes that, in fairly neutral terms, have a purely textual form, as opposed to a pictorial one. Similar phenomena, which differ regarding their forms and functions, however, have been labelled ‘snowclones’ or ‘phrasal templates’ (cf. Pullum & Whitman, 2004; Know Your Meme, 2007–).

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften > Department 3 > Anglistik
• Themengebiete: 400 Sprache > 420 Englisch, Altenglisch
• ISSN: 0266-0784
• Sprache: Englisch