Homeless metaphor: some touches to the image of Russia Cover Image

„Бомжевая“ метафора: штрихи к образу России
Homeless metaphor: some touches to the image of Russia

Author(s): Elena Stoyanova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: metaphor; metaphorical model; linguistic and cultural situation

Summary/Abstract: The article examines homeless metaphor in Russian media discourse. This metaphor is perceived as the element of Russia’s image. The main tasks of the article are to identify source of metaphors in the framework of modern linguistic- cultural situation, and also to analyze the development of metaphorical image in the context of changes of lexico-grammatical semantics and connotation of the lexeme homeless.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 95-102
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian