The semantic motivation of plant-related idiomatic expressions in English and Serbian
Апстракт
The aim of the paper is to investigate the semantic motivation of a set of English and
Serbian plant-related idiomatic expressions, to ascertain the cognitive mechanisms that
motivate their semantic structure and, ultimately, to contrast them, using the cognitive
semantic view of idioms. Our analysis shows that in both languages the conceptual
metaphors based on the source domain of plants play a very important role in the
semantics of the analysed idiomatic expressions, accompanied by the conventional
knowledge, the conceptual metonymy and image schemas. The concluding part discusses
the observed similarities in the cognitive mechanisms which motivate the semantics of
the analysed expressions, but also reflects upon certain differences between the two
languages in terms of the idiomatic expression constituents.
Кључне речи:
idiomatic expressions / plants / semantic motivation / cognitive semantics / English / SerbianИзвор:
BELLS90 proceedings: International Conference to Mark the 90th Anniversary of the English Department, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies, 2020, 1, 203-221Издавач:
- Belgrade: Faculty of Philology
Колекције
Институција/група
Mašinski fakultetTY - CONF AU - Vesić Pavlović, Tijana AU - Milošević, Ivan PY - 2020 UR - https://machinery.mas.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4084 AB - The aim of the paper is to investigate the semantic motivation of a set of English and Serbian plant-related idiomatic expressions, to ascertain the cognitive mechanisms that motivate their semantic structure and, ultimately, to contrast them, using the cognitive semantic view of idioms. Our analysis shows that in both languages the conceptual metaphors based on the source domain of plants play a very important role in the semantics of the analysed idiomatic expressions, accompanied by the conventional knowledge, the conceptual metonymy and image schemas. The concluding part discusses the observed similarities in the cognitive mechanisms which motivate the semantics of the analysed expressions, but also reflects upon certain differences between the two languages in terms of the idiomatic expression constituents. PB - Belgrade: Faculty of Philology C3 - BELLS90 proceedings: International Conference to Mark the 90th Anniversary of the English Department, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies T1 - The semantic motivation of plant-related idiomatic expressions in English and Serbian EP - 221 SP - 203 VL - 1 DO - 10.18485/bells90.2020.1.ch12 ER -
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Vesić Pavlović, T.,& Milošević, I.. (2020). The semantic motivation of plant-related idiomatic expressions in English and Serbian. in BELLS90 proceedings: International Conference to Mark the 90th Anniversary of the English Department, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies Belgrade: Faculty of Philology., 1, 203-221. https://doi.org/10.18485/bells90.2020.1.ch12
Vesić Pavlović T, Milošević I. The semantic motivation of plant-related idiomatic expressions in English and Serbian. in BELLS90 proceedings: International Conference to Mark the 90th Anniversary of the English Department, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies. 2020;1:203-221. doi:10.18485/bells90.2020.1.ch12 .
Vesić Pavlović, Tijana, Milošević, Ivan, "The semantic motivation of plant-related idiomatic expressions in English and Serbian" in BELLS90 proceedings: International Conference to Mark the 90th Anniversary of the English Department, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies, 1 (2020):203-221, https://doi.org/10.18485/bells90.2020.1.ch12 . .