On Invectives in Natural Language: A Panchronic Study of English Synonyms of Skinny/Fatty

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Cover of the book On Invectives in Natural Language: A Panchronic Study of English Synonyms of Skinny/Fatty by Agnieszka Grzasko, Peter Lang
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Author: Agnieszka Grzasko ISBN: 9783631696224
Publisher: Peter Lang Publication: December 12, 2016
Imprint: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Language: English
Author: Agnieszka Grzasko
ISBN: 9783631696224
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication: December 12, 2016
Imprint: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Language: English

The author researches selected synonyms of ‘skinny’ and ‘fatty’in the history of the English language from the perspective of cognitive linguistics. The method employed in grouping the analytical material has been dictated by the nature of the processes of semantic change. The author subdivided the quantum of the analysed lexical items into the following type-groups: zoosemy (animal metaphor), foodsemy (food metaphor), plantosemy (plant metaphor), metonymy, reification, eponymy, onomatopoeia, rhyming slang and varia. Surveying a collection of English dictionaries the author makes an attempt to determine the status of a given synonym in present-day English.

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The author researches selected synonyms of ‘skinny’ and ‘fatty’in the history of the English language from the perspective of cognitive linguistics. The method employed in grouping the analytical material has been dictated by the nature of the processes of semantic change. The author subdivided the quantum of the analysed lexical items into the following type-groups: zoosemy (animal metaphor), foodsemy (food metaphor), plantosemy (plant metaphor), metonymy, reification, eponymy, onomatopoeia, rhyming slang and varia. Surveying a collection of English dictionaries the author makes an attempt to determine the status of a given synonym in present-day English.

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