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On invectives in natural language
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, r...
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| Lenguaje: | eng |
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Peter Lang
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/2254457 |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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