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On Invectives in Natural Language: A Panchronic Study of English Synonyms of 'Skinny' / 'Fatty' - Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures Agnieszka Grzasko New edition
On Invectives in Natural Language: A Panchronic Study of English Synonyms of 'Skinny' / 'Fatty' - Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures
Agnieszka Grzasko
The author studies the synonyms of 'skinny' and 'fatty' from the cognitive linguistic perspective. The quantum of the analysed lexical items is subdivided into the following type-groups: zoosemy (animal metaphor), foodsemy (food metaphor), plantosemy (plant metaphor), metonymy, reification, eponymy, onomatopoeia, rhyming slang and varia.
224 pages, 15
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 14, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9783631666449 |
| Publishers | Peter Lang AG |
| Pages | 224 |
| Dimensions | 215 × 155 × 20 mm · 394 g |