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- Title
Māvors vis-à-vis Mārs: Linguistic History and Cultural Background.
- Authors
NISHIMURA, KANEHIRO
- Abstract
The origin of Māvors has long been disputed; in view of the questionable evidence for its status as a linguistic precursor for Mārs, it is argued that Māvors is more likely to be a folk-etymological creation in a later period. The motivation for the process is found in the context where Māvors was used, viz. oaths, prayers, or the like. In such cases solemnity was so highly sought as to trigger hermeneutically favorable archaizing.
- Subjects
HISTORY of linguistics; ETYMOLOGY; ARCHAISMS (Linguistics); LATIN literature -- History &; criticism; ONOMASTICS
- Publication
Glotta, 2017, Vol 93, Issue 1, p135
- ISSN
0017-1298
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13109/glot.2017.93.1.135