In the section Linguistics
Spatial metaphors in «Paraenesis» of Ephraem Syrus
Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Ключевые слова
metaphor, modeling of a simple sentence, typical syntactical structure, topological relations, old east slavic
Abstract
The paper discusses the metaphorical uses of syntactic constructions with typical spatial semantics in the text of collected didactic words «Paraenesis» by Ephraem Syrus (the copy dated to the 14th century). The author of the paper determines the range of meanings conveyed with the help of semantic transformation and describes the syntactical structures and types of spatial relations most commonly and universally used as a basis for metaphors in the text.
Bibliographic reference
Gorbunova Victoria Aleksandrovna. Spatial metaphors in «Paraenesis» of Ephraem Syrus // Сибирский филологический журнал. 2014. № 1. Pp. 192–198.