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An Attempt At A Typological Investigation Of The Ice Motif As A Symbol Of Death
An Attempt At A Typological Investigation Of The Ice Motif As A Symbol Of Death

Author(s): Galina Velikova
Subject(s): Semantics, Cognitive linguistics, Descriptive linguistics
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: ice motif; manifestations; fixity; non-fixity;antinomies;

Summary/Abstract: Prompted by Frye’s classification of literary works the present paper embarks on an investigation of the ice motif and its manifestations in a mythological and literary context. It is based on a restricted corpus, yet the survey made proves the recurrent meaning of ice to be a symbol of death and its various other connotations – inherently associated with the primal meaning revealing it in different aspects in the works to be analyzed.

  • Issue Year: 4/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 90-97
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English