CREATIVE WAYS OF EXPRESSING THE CONCEPT OF “NEVER”. I: THE CALENDAR
CREATIVE WAYS OF EXPRESSING THE CONCEPT OF “NEVER”. I: THE CALENDAR

Summary/Abstract: Time, as a physical dimension, but also ontic, has always represented a focal point in human consciousness, and its linguistic expression can be achieved through a variety of lexical, morphosyntactic and phraseological means. Our paper aims to analyze the idiomatic modalities that have developed in Romance languages ​​to express the end of time, that is, the concept of “never.” For our research we have collected a fairly extensive corpus, therefore, we have decided to address, for the moment, only those phraseologisms that express said content built around the calendar, with its days of the week, names of months or seasons of the year, and even religious festivals.

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