LINGUISTIC SYNAESTHESIA: A CASE STUDY OF RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN ADJECTIVES

LINGUISTIC SYNAESTHESIA: A CASE STUDY OF RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN ADJECTIVES

The paper tackles the problem of linguistic synaesthesia, or synaesthetic transfers between different zones of sensory experience. It employs corpus linguistics methods to analyze the ability of sensory adjectives to produce meanings in other sensory modalities. This research targets the Russian and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Blinnikov, G.B., Mitina, O.V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Marina Sokolova Publishings 2020-12-01
Series:Russian Linguistic Bulletin
Subjects:
synaesthesia
sensory qualities
adjectives
metaphors
russian language
italian language
corpus linguistics
синестезия
сенсорные качества
прилагательные
метафоры
русский язык
итальянский язык
корпусная лингвистика
Online Access:http://rulb.org/wp-content/uploads/wpem/pdf_compilations/4(24)/97-104.pdf
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Summary:The paper tackles the problem of linguistic synaesthesia, or synaesthetic transfers between different zones of sensory experience. It employs corpus linguistics methods to analyze the ability of sensory adjectives to produce meanings in other sensory modalities. This research targets the Russian and Italian languages testing the models suggested previously and comparing the results for each language. More precise corpus linguistics methods and factor analysis are employed. In addition, this article suggests a new synaesthetic transfer classification.
ISSN:2313-0288
2411-2968

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