O smaku po włosku. Relacja synonimii kontekstowej między leksemami gusto i sapore
About Taste in Italian. The Relation of Contextual Synonymy between Lexemes gusto and sapore

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the contextual synonymy between two Italian lexemes that denote taste: gusto and sapore. The aim is to develop a semantic profile of these two lexemes by considering both their literal (i.e., sensory) meanings and figurative ones. The central research question is: when is the Polish lexeme smak equivalent to the Italian gusto, and when does it correspond to the Italian sapore? The analysis reveals that gusto and sapore tend to be interchangeable in their sensory meanings, though only in certain contexts, whereas their figurative meanings diverge remarkably.

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