APELATIVE PRIVITOARE LA CORPUL UMAN ÎN TERMINOLOGIA GEOGRAFICĂ ROMÂNEASCĂ
Appellatives concerning the human body in Romanian geographic terminology
Author(s): Iustina Nica (Burci)Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: human body; geographical terminology; metaphor
Summary/Abstract: The present article discusses the fact that numerous words belonging to other fields have penetrated into Romanian geographical terminology. Among them there are the appellatives that designate parts of the human body. Their inclusion in the structure of the lexis with which geography operates is the result of fine observation and of a prolonged process of abstraction and generalization in the popular conscience, where the variety and characteristics of the surrounding physical environment are graphically and precisely reflected.
Journal: Analele Universităţii din Craiova. Seria Ştiinţe Filologice. Lingvistică
- Issue Year: 2008
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 148-156
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Romanian