On Invectives in Natural Language: a Panchronic Study of English Synonyms Of 'Skinny'/'Fatty' |
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| Author:
| Grząśko, Agnieszka |
| Series title: | Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-653-05984-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2016 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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The author studies the synonyms of 'skinny' and 'fatty' from the cognitive linguistic perspective. The quantum of the analysed lexical items is subdivided into the following type-groups: zoosemy (animal metaphor), foodsemy (food metaphor), plantosemy (plant metaphor), metonymy, reification, eponymy, onomatopoeia, rhyming slang and varia.
The author studies the synonyms of 'skinny' and 'fatty' from the cognitive linguistic perspective. The quantum of the analysed lexical items is subdivided into the following type-groups: zoosemy (animal metaphor), foodsemy (food metaphor), plantosemy (plant metaphor), metonymy, reification, eponymy, onomatopoeia, rhyming slang and varia.