The role of metaphor in creating polysemy complexes in Jordanian Arabic and American English

The role of metaphor in creating polysemy complexes in Jordanian Arabic and American English

Most papers written on polysemy focus on sense overlaps and lexical ambiguity, yet studies that explore the possibility of establishing a polysemic complex and explaining how the new interpretations arise through metaphor are almost non-existent in Arabic. This paper aims to explore how metaphor ser...

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Main Authors: Aseel Zibin, Lama Khalifah, Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2024-03-01
Series:Russian Journal of Linguistics
Subjects:
metaphor
polysemy complexes
dynamic conceptual semantics
jordanian arabic
american english
Online Access:https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/viewFile/38057/23152

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