2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An Extensive Study of Animal Metaphor in English : Its History, Structure, and Genres
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19520421
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
WATANABE Hideki Osaka University, 大学院・言語文化研究科, 教授 (30191787)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OMORI Ayako 大阪大学, 大学院・言語文化研究科, 准教授 (70213866)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | メタファー / 直喩 / 動物名 / 語義拡張 / 認知言語学 / 歴史的変化 / 構造性 |
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| Research Abstract |
This four-year study is an attempt to extensively collect the metaphoric uses of English animal terms and to clarify the structural nature of those words. The two researchers have published 20 articles on "animal metaphor in English," presenting many intertwined relations among animal names together with their hyponyms and related words when they are metaphorically used. As for case studies, they also discuss symbolic and metaphoric uses of animal terms in Shakespeare and Milton. Based on the intensive studies of canine, feline, avian, and entomological terms, their arguments throw light on several aspects of synonymity and antonimity among English animal names hitherto unnoticed.
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