Papers by Judita Mustapić
The aim of my work is to show the mechanisms of semantic change and the way they affected some of... more The aim of my work is to show the mechanisms of semantic change and the way they affected some of the words when they were borrowed from Latin into the English lexicon in the sixteenth century. The analysis of the words is based on the cognitive theories about prototypical categories and mechanisms of metaphor and metonymy which act as forces expanding categories and creating new meanings and senses of words. The analyzed words were chosen from The Proheme of The Boke named the Gouernour by Sir Thomas Elyot. The research shows the importance of historical, political, and social circumstances and their impact on language.
The aim of my work is to show the mechanisms of semantic change and the way they affected some of... more The aim of my work is to show the mechanisms of semantic change and the way they affected some of the words when they were borrowed from Latin into the English lexicon in the sixteenth century. The analysis of the words is based on the cognitive theories about prototypical categories and mechanisms of metaphor and metonymy which act as forces expanding categories and creating new meanings and senses of words. The analyzed words were chosen from The Proheme of The Boke named the Gouernour by Sir Thomas Elyot. The research shows the importance of historical, political, and social circumstances and their impact on language.
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Papers by Judita Mustapić