The Role of Metaphor and Metonymy as Tools of Lexical Creation: The Case of Spanish Informal Speech
Abstract: In the Cognitive Linguistics paradigm it is well known that conceptual metaphor and metonymy, among their various functions, are two important tools of lexical creation. Nevertheless, the literature on the topic is almost exclusively concerned with the analysis of well-established and form...
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Universidad de Almeria
2017-03-01
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| Series: | Odisea |
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| Online Access: | http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/ODISEA/article/view/184 |