METAFORE ANTROPOMETRICE ÎN LIMBA ROMÂNĂ ANTHROPOMETRIC METAPHORS IN ROMANIAN
ANTHROPOMETRIC METAPHORS IN ROMANIAN ANTHROPOMETRIC METAPHORS IN ROMANIAN

Author(s): Elena Lacusta
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: anthropometry; metaphor; somatism; phraseological unit; (folk) metrology
Summary/Abstract: The article presents the anthropometric principle in designating andknowing the reality. Two perspectives of the metaphorical transfer based on theanthropometric principle are proposed: from the human to the extrahuman fieldand vice versa. It is illustrated with elements of (folk) metrology where somatismswith proper meaning function as units of measurement (foot, palm, toe etc.); themetaphorical meanings from dictionaries are presented and the existence of ananthropometric somatic symbolism in phraseological contexts is demonstrated.

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