LA MÉTAPHORE VÉGÉTALE DANS LES EXPRESSIONS ET LOCUTIONS FRANÇAISES
THE VEGETAL METAPHOR IN FRENCH EXPRESSIONS AND PHRASES
Author(s): Garofița DincăSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Universitatea »1 Decembrie 1918« Alba Iulia
Keywords: metaphor; transfer; paronymy; signifier; pragmatic
Summary/Abstract: In this article we inventory certain types of the vegetal metaphor in French: significant figures (phonic figures, construction figures and neighbourhood figures) and pragmatic means. Dictionary of idioms and phrases were used to collect the corpus. We also record solely those phrases which have at the center generic vegetal names: tree, root, leaf, flower, garden etc.
Journal: Annales Universitatis Apulensis. Series Philologica
- Issue Year: 17/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 289-306
- Page Count: 18
- Language: French