In:Personification in Language and Thought: Conceptual models, lexicogrammatical structures, and distributional patterns in Hungarian
Gábor Simon
[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 27] 2026
► pp. 142–200
Chapter 5The variability of linguistic personification across registers
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Article outline
- 5.1Domains, features, markers, and complexity — key notions
of the register analytical approach and preliminary results
from metaphor research - 5.2The dispersion of linguistic personifications in the PerSE corpus
- 5.3Register-specific tendencies of linguistic personifications
in Hungarian: Quantitative analyses - 5.4The variability of lexicogrammatical features of linguistic
personifications across registers
- 5.4.1The relationship between word classes and linguistic personification from the perspective of register variation
- 5.4.2Trajector/landmark alignment of personifying expressions
in different registers - 5.4.3The distribution of complex personifications in the subcorpora
- 5.4.4Register-specific lexicogrammatical patterns of personifications —
a keyness analysis - 5.4.5Personifying usage of individual words across registers
- 5.5Summary
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