Metaphor and metaphor massacres and their impact on semantic change | ||||
| مجلة كلية الآداب - جامعة القاهرة | ||||
| Volume 2018, Issue 4, April 2018 | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jarts.2018.82047 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Hussein | ||||
| Assistant Professor | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Figurative Expression and Implicit Figuration and their influences on Semantic Change This study aims at explaining expressions like: figurative expression, implicit figuration, semantic change, semantic development, reasons behind semantic change, forms of semantic change and at illustrating the influences of figurative expression and implicit figuration on the semantic change. Descriptive approach is adopted in this study. This approach studies the semantic change which happens to some words as a result of the use of figurative expressions and implicit figuration. Then, the historical approach is employed to trace the forms of semantic change. Key Words: allegory, imagery, figurative illustration, figurative expression, Implicit figuration, Semantic Change, Semantic development, Semantics, Reasons of Semantic Change, Forms of Semantic Change. | ||||
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