The names of the gall / bile in Castilian language in the diachronic approach Cover Image

Los nombres de la hiel y bilis en castellano en la perspectiva diacrónica
The names of the gall / bile in Castilian language in the diachronic approach

Author(s): Katarzyna Tilgner
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Lexis, Semantics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: bile / gall; lexical abundance; semantic change; Spanish; Latin

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research presented in the article is to determinate the cause of the coexistence of the three names of the bile / gall in Spanish and their semantic evolution through the centuries. The study is an attempt to explain this lexical abundance by invoking the similar richness in Latin.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 315-327
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Spanish