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Metaphorical Epithets and Their Stylistic Functions
This article is devoted to the study of stylistic functions of metaphorical epithets in a poetic text. Many works are devoted to metaphor, which apparently occupies the main place among the linguistic means of expressing images.
O.V. Murashkina +2 more
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Some Notes on Proper Names and Official Titles in the Mongɣol-un niɣuca tobčiyan:inal/inanča/inaq [PDF]
Mongɣol-un niɣuca tobčiyan, the “Secret History of the Mongol,” is the only work of its kind from the era of the Mongolian world Empire, it has a complex history as a text but was originally written in (Middle) Mongolian. It is a linguistically very rich
Buell, P.D. , Erk, K.
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Diminutive epithets of animals in folklore
This paper deals with derivational and semantic problems of diminutive epithets of animals. Such words are usually used in Lithuanian folk songs for domestic or wild animals, first of all, for a horse and a hare.
Birutė Jasiūnaitė
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The paper reveals structural and semantic peculiarities of the two-step epithet. Within the frames of studying the linguistic nature of the two-step epithet, we give its definition, distinguish four morphological-syntactic models, reveal the affective ...
Olga L. Lyubovskaya
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Difficulties in Translating English Epithets (Based on the Novel “How to Be Good” by Nick Hornby) [PDF]
The paper studies epithet as an integral part of contemporary literary text and as a culture-specific phenomenon. The research touches upon the issue of translating epithets from English into Russian. Data for the study have been taken from Nick Hornby’s
G.K. Gimaletdinova, M.A. Perminova
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How quotation and referential intentions modulate the derogatory force of slur utterances
The need for new insights to understand the effects of quoting slurs in linguistic communication has been evident over the past several years. Slurs seem to be capable of offending even when embedded in quotations or mentioned.
David Miguel Gray, David Miguel Gray
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Введение. Зародившийся на стыке фольклора и литературы жанр баит в башкирском фольклоре возник на основе стихотворной формы бейт, который в поэзии народов Ближнего и Среднего Востока означает двустишие в разных жанрах классической поэзии.
Нэркэс Ахметовна Хуббитдинова +4 more
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Introduction. In the system of artistic and visual means, the epithet occupies one of the important places. To create a heroic image, the narrator uses epithets that characterize the status of the hero, age and heroic merits of the heroes. Goal and tasks.
Bayrta B. Mandzhieva
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Slur Creation, Bigotry Formation: the Power of Expressivism
Theories of slurs aim to explain how – via semantics, pragmatics, or other mechanisms – speakers who use slurs convey that targets are inferior persons. I present two novel problems. The Slur Creation Problem: How do terms come to be slurs? An expression
Robin Jeshion
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Abstract The Late Triassic–Early Jurassic fissures of the Bristol Channel area (southwest England and south Wales) are renowned for their diverse vertebrate faunas. These assemblages have yielded an array of predominantly small‐bodied forms that are crucial to our understanding of the early evolution of several major tetrapod clades.
Ewan H. Bodenham +4 more
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