Temporal Metaphors and the Expressiveness of Verbs in Fictional Units
Temporal Metaphors and the Expressiveness of Verbs in Fictional Units
Author(s): Maria-Crina HerțegSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Universitatea »1 Decembrie 1918« Alba Iulia
Keywords: expressiveness; choice; extension; metaphor; figures of speech
Summary/Abstract: The tenses can generate stylistic values by means of the meaning which they imprint communication with; the frequency and chronology of events can represent criteria which help us in identifying the expressive particularities of verbal tenses. The degree of expressiveness in a text can reach a high level when the presence of a verb is doubled by the presence of figures of speech, among which the most relevant one is the metaphor.
Journal: Annales Universitatis Apulensis. Series Philologica
- Issue Year: 9/2008
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 179-188
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
