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Figurative Meaning Construction in Thought and Language
Edited by Annalisa Baicchi
[Figurative Thought and Language 9] 2020
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Metaphorical adjective-noun phrases in German journalese

| Université Saint-Louis

The study explores metaphorical adjective-noun phrases (ANPs) and describes the semantics behind the polysemous structure of ANPs. The data for the research have been collected in German newspapers. The whole ANP-construction provides an overall figurative frame and tends to influence the metaphorical use of the adjective in that construction. As the study shows the same syntactic structure can refer to different metaphorical or literal predications. The role of the context is also discussed as well as the nature of the adjective in the ANP.

Keywords: nominal phrase, metaphorical, adjective-noun, journalese, German
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Former research on metaphorical adjective-noun phrases
  • 3.A cognitive linguistics framework for the exploration of ANPs
  • 4.A semantic and conceptual study of metaphorical ANPs
    • 4.1Adjective [literal] + noun [metaphorical]
    • 4.2Adjective [metaphorical] + noun [literal]
    • 4.3Adjective + noun [metaphorical]
    • 4.4Contextual information with pictures
  • 5.The nature of domain adjectives
  • 6.Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 12 August 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl.9.06dek
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