LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE MEANING IN METEOROLOGICAL PHRASEOLOGY: CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING THE METEOROLOGICAL PHRASEOLOGICAL UNIT AS AN OBJECT OF STUDY
LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE MEANING IN METEOROLOGICAL PHRASEOLOGY: CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING THE METEOROLOGICAL PHRASEOLOGICAL UNIT AS AN OBJECT OF STUDY
Author(s): Maria JianuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Cultural Essay, Translation Studies, Phraseology, Stylistics, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: phraseology; phraseological unit; figurative meaning; fixity; corpus delimitation; meteorology;
Summary/Abstract: Before undertaking any contrastive or translation-oriented analysis of meteorological phraseology, it is necessary to address a preliminary problem that may appear modest but has significant methodological implications: what criteria make it possible to distinguish, within the vast repertoire of expressions containing a meteorological term, those that constitute genuine phraseological units from those that are merely literal descriptions of weather conditions? This article addresses this delimitation problem by proposing four operational criteria: fixity, idiomaticity, reproducibility, and semantic domain shift, which make it possible to establish, in a replicable manner, the working corpus for phraseological research focused on the meteorological domain. It presents a theoretical reflection of modest scope and deliberately limited focus, conceived as the methodological foundation for a broader research project.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2026
- Issue No: 45
- Page Range: 510-514
- Page Count: 5
- Language: Spanish
