Naming water in the Middle Ages. From the cherished liquid to the mortal liquid
Keywords:
history of the Spanish language, lexical history, lexicology, water, Middle AgesAbstract
In this work we attempt to grasp the importance of naming water in medieval Castilian, in order to understand both its linguistic effects on the history of this language as well as the internal development of this field. We shall be using as sources some treatises from the Spanish Golden Age as well as some descriptions which emerged in the wake of the medieval encyclopedic movement. Throughout the thorough search of notary, juridical and literary texts, we shall analyze the linguistic diversity that characterizes this element, departing from the bonds between the Latin and the Castilian denominations, and looking as well at the Arabic influence, according to the social-historical conditions the different territories in the Iberian peninsula underwent.
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