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Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.17234/SRAZ.67.10

Metaphors in Italian and Croatian compounds

Ivica Peša Matracki ; University of Zagreb
Vice Šunjić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-7243-8840 ; University of Zadar


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Abstract

In this paper, the metaphorical NN and NA/AN compounds in the Italian and Croatian
language are described using the contrastive method. A narrow semantic corpus
analysis is performed using the generative lexical models, and the metaphorical
meanings are shown in the framework of cognitive linguistics.

Keywords

compounds; metaphor; metonymy; Italian language; Croatian language

Hrčak ID:

305810

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/305810

Publication date:

18.12.2022.

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