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The Grammar of Perception: A Case Study of Guambiano (Namtrik) and Duna
Abstract Although the senses provide a common basis for our experience of the world, cross‐linguistic research has revealed substantial diversity across languages in how perceptual experiences are encoded in words. Such variability is also present at the level of grammatical structure, though the project of charting the parameters and limits of cross ...
Elisabeth Norcliffe, Lila San Roque
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Entry for special issue, 'Keywords for Value and Culture'
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Métonymie et classes d’arguments
For a long time monopolized by the rhetoricians, the metonymy begins to be the object of some semantic works which remain however rather fragmentary, not offering global vision of the functioning of this mechanism.
Taoufik Massoussi
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Metonimija u arapskoj stilistici
Arabic authors define metonymy as the use of word in figurative sense, which is based on associations. Dealing with metonymy in Arabic stylistics is very much restricted by its referral character.
Munir Mujić
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Classement de métonymies et son utilité dans la traduction automatique
The paper focuses on the problem of the classification of metonymy. Presenting various classifications of metonymy, the author wonders how they are useful for the purpose of automatic translation.
Anna Czekaj
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Understanding metonymies in discourse [PDF]
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Markert, K., Hahn, U.
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The Potential of Poetry in Sociolinguistics
ABSTRACT Research in the field of sociolinguistics has taken a relational and artistic turn, as scholars have developed creative means of showing research findings. Drawing on relational ethics, we explore the capacity of art to reach beyond the indexical.
Angela Creese, Adrian Blackledge
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Speaking to One's Heart: דבר and its Semantic Extension
Cognitive linguists are increasingly recognising the value of metonymy for understanding the way language works. This article applies recent advancements in the theory of metonymy to the Hebrew noun דבר in order to explain its broad semantic range.
Natalie Mylonas +2 more
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Italian Basic Terms Blu and Azzurro: Semantic Power Assessed in the Stroop Task
A Stroop task revealed an asymmetry of the semantic power of the two basic “Italian blues,” blu “dark blue” and azzurro “light blue.” BLU word, rendered in dark and light blue inks, showed no significant Stroop effects. In contrast, AZZURRO word exhibited strong Stroop interference and facilitation. Higher semantic power of azzurro is argued to reflect
Galina V. Paramei +3 more
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How to disentangle the metonymy – word-formation puzzle
The book ‘Metonymy and Word- Formation. Their Interactions and Complementation’ authored by Mario Brdar, proposes an original, insightful and extremely valuable look into the relation between two linguistic phenomena: metonymy and word formation.
Maja Brala-Vukanović
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