Metaphor as a grounding of euphemistic nomination of socio-cultural taboos in Victorian literary discourse: linguocognitive aspect

Authors

  • Карина Ігорівна Шишкіна H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University image/svg+xml

Keywords:

conceptual metaphor, euphemism, mixed metaphor, nomination, primary metaphor, resemblance metaphor, visual metaphor

Abstract

The paper deals with the cognitive construal of metaphor as a grounding of euphemistic nomination of sociocultural taboos in Victorian literary discourse. The author defines the essence of euphemisation as a cognitive process and the role of metaphor as a linguocognitive mechanism of formation of the euphemistic meaning. The specificity of euphemistic meaning formation in Victorian literary discourse based on different kinds of metaphor such as conceptual metaphor, visual metaphor and mixed metaphor is viewed.

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Published

2016-07-07

Issue

No. 83 (2016): No 83 (2016): Messenger. Series "Foreign philology. Methods of teaching foreign languages" - philological, pedagogical studies

Section

Cognitive linguistics

How to Cite

Metaphor as a grounding of euphemistic nomination of socio-cultural taboos in Victorian literary discourse: linguocognitive aspect. (2016). The Journal of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series: Foreign Philology. Methods of Foreign Language Teaching, 83, 87-93. https://periodicals.karazin.ua/foreignphilology/article/view/6108