Death in Metaphorical Language

Death in Metaphorical Language

The article presents the analysis of the lexical phrases employing the selected elements of the cognitive frame of DEATH. A brief outline of the symbolism of death is also noted. The corpus for the present analysis has been collected from a number of lexicographic sources. The research results point...

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Main Author: Uberman Agnieszka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:Lege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow
Subjects:
death
symbolism
concept
semantic frame
figurative meaning
metaphor
negative connotation
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lart.2016.1.issue-2/lart-2016-0013/lart-2016-0013.xml?format=INT
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spelling doaj-52df5750cfbc487791963cfcc8a56b4f2020-11-25T01:17:12ZengSciendoLege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow2453-80352016-12-011217121110.1515/lart-2016-0013lart-2016-0013Death in Metaphorical LanguageUberman Agnieszka0Associate Professor, PhD, Institute of English Studies, University of Rzeszów, al. mjr. W. Kopisto 2B, 35-315 Rzeszów, PolandThe article presents the analysis of the lexical phrases employing the selected elements of the cognitive frame of DEATH. A brief outline of the symbolism of death is also noted. The corpus for the present analysis has been collected from a number of lexicographic sources. The research results point to the negative meaning of most phrases where death, dead or to die are employed.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lart.2016.1.issue-2/lart-2016-0013/lart-2016-0013.xml?format=INTdeathsymbolismconceptsemantic framefigurative meaningmetaphornegative connotation
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author Uberman Agnieszka
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Death in Metaphorical Language
Lege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow
death
symbolism
concept
semantic frame
figurative meaning
metaphor
negative connotation
author_facet Uberman Agnieszka
author_sort Uberman Agnieszka
title Death in Metaphorical Language
title_short Death in Metaphorical Language
title_full Death in Metaphorical Language
title_fullStr Death in Metaphorical Language
title_full_unstemmed Death in Metaphorical Language
title_sort death in metaphorical language
publisher Sciendo
series Lege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow
issn 2453-8035
publishDate 2016-12-01
description The article presents the analysis of the lexical phrases employing the selected elements of the cognitive frame of DEATH. A brief outline of the symbolism of death is also noted. The corpus for the present analysis has been collected from a number of lexicographic sources. The research results point to the negative meaning of most phrases where death, dead or to die are employed.
topic death
symbolism
concept
semantic frame
figurative meaning
metaphor
negative connotation
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