Argots, métaphore et « effet de loupe »
This paper attempts to answer the question “How are metaphors born?”, as far as lexical creation in slang is concerned. Quite a number of theorists (e.g. F. Rastier, U. Eco, M. Le Guern, G. Lakoff & M. Johnson) posit that sememes are thoroughly examined prior to the isolation of one seme for the...
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| Language: | English |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/lexis/311 |
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| Summary: | This paper attempts to answer the question “How are metaphors born?”, as far as lexical creation in slang is concerned. Quite a number of theorists (e.g. F. Rastier, U. Eco, M. Le Guern, G. Lakoff & M. Johnson) posit that sememes are thoroughly examined prior to the isolation of one seme for the creation of a metaphor, which appears not to be compatible with the characteristics of slang; this suggests another mechanism is at work here, one for which the name “magnifying-glass effect” is proposed. How this works is described in the “autopsy” of an almost live metaphor of French slang and in the analysis of a corpus of English slang words and expressions; these also stress the strong link between metonymy and metaphor, which are indeed the two essential semantic processes at work in slang. |
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| ISSN: | 1951-6215 |