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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-42091bb172d04a36ba2da6911608847a2025-08-20T02:32:41ZengUniversité Jean Moulin - Lyon 3Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology1951-62152014-01-01810.4000/lexis.311Argots, métaphore et « effet de loupe »Fabrice AntoineThis 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.https://journals.openedition.org/lexis/311metaphormetonymyslangword-formation processesmagnifying-glass effect |
| spellingShingle | Fabrice Antoine Argots, métaphore et « effet de loupe » Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology metaphor metonymy slang word-formation processes magnifying-glass effect |
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