Dinamiche lessico-editoriali in Bernart de Ventadorn: cor e cors

In: Critica del testo. XVI/2, 2013
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Abstract

Dinamiche lessico-editoriali in Bernart de Ventadorn: cor e cors
The paper wants to offer first of all a “reasoned map” of lemmatas cors and cor in Bernart de Ventadorn; through the analysis of their semantic contexts it is possible to clear some interpretative doubts. As well as the intentional ambiguity of the word cors (meaning both heart and body), we can observe that the lexical area of ‘body’ is richer than that of ‘heart’. The paper bases this conclusion on a statistical analysis of the lexicon. Furthermore this can be of help also in making editorial decisions. The understanding of the troubadour and of his courtly ideology seems to depend in some cases on decisions that are not justified by conclusive evidence.