An ethnolinguistic view on a semantic field: ie. *(s)ken- ‘appear in large quantities; begin’(and on animals’ offspring and on children) Cover Image
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Етнолингвистичен поглед към едно семантично поле: - ие. *(s)ken- ‘появявам се в голямо количество, започвам’(и за малките на животни и деца)
An ethnolinguistic view on a semantic field: ie. *(s)ken- ‘appear in large quantities; begin’(and on animals’ offspring and on children)

Author(s): Ute Dukova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: metaphor; semantic field; popular belief and rituals

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I give linguistic and ethnographic evidence for the activity of a semantic and conceptual field in some dialectal Slavic words, either having preserved archaic semantic features or by metaphorization remove their semantic restriction and restore their original polysemy.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 43-47
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Bulgarian