- Tytuł:
- The Polysemy of Body Part Terms in Hausa within the Frame of Image Schemas
- Autorzy:
- Shehu Almajir, Tijjani
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/969731.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2013-12-10
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Orientalistyczny. Katedra Języków i Kultur Afryki
- Tematy:
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body parts
compositional polysemy
semantic extension
metonymy
Hausa - Opis:
- Body part-terms have been identified as a productive source of figurative lexical meanings as well as grammatical meanings (Heine, et al. 1991). The paper adopts descriptive lexical semantics as a model of approach. This paves the way to examine the relationships that exist between different interpretations of words. Virtually, every language exhibits rich set of semantic extensions of body part-terms, highlighting the importance of the human body for lexical and grammatical structure (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980). Most meaning extensions of body part-terms can be shown to have a clear motivation through either metaphor or metonymy, as has been argued in many studies before (Allan, 1995). The paper provides a rich inventory of body part-terms in Hausa and interprets the variety of their meanings in terms of conceptualization patterns.
- Źródło:
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Studies in African Languages and Cultures; 2013, 47; 93-111
2545-2134
2657-4187 - Pojawia się w:
- Studies in African Languages and Cultures
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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