Conceptual silencing as a rhetorical tool. A cognitive lexical semantics study of the lexical item Europe

Taking a cognitive lexical semantics perspective, the article introduces the concept of conceptual silencing as a rhetorical tool. Understood as a process of conceptual dissolution of meaning to offer a more coarse-grained sense of an expression, conceptual silencing is demonstrated to have a poten...

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Main Author: Przemysław Wilk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne/ Polish Rhetoric Society 2021-03-01
Series:Res Rhetorica
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Online Access:https://resrhetorica.com/index.php/RR/article/view/467