Academic Scientific JournalsConceptual metaphors in linguistic metalanguage – Polish case names
Keywords:
case, grammar, metalanguage, metaphor, semantic rolesAbstract
Polish linguistic metalanguage comprises some terms of figurative character, apparently determined by metaphorical thinking, i.e. by construing one, abstract notion in terms of another, more concrete, accessible to sensory perception. Some of these terms are calques from Latin and preserve the mappings involved therein, but otherwise more refined and independent inspirations behind the names of linguistic categories can be recognized, especially in regard to the terms for the seven Polish cases.
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