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GENDER-MARKED METAPHORS: INFLUENCE OF LINGUISTIC AND EXTRA-LINGUISTIC FACTORS ON A REFERENTIAL CHOICE

GENDER-MARKED METAPHORS: INFLUENCE OF LINGUISTIC AND EXTRA-LINGUISTIC FACTORS ON A REFERENTIAL CHOICE


Author:  Rezanova Z.I.

Affiliation:  Tomsk National Research University

Abstract:  We explored the influence of linguistic (grammatical gender, animateness), speech (frequency and syntactic position of the words) and extra-linguistic factors (sex of subject) on a referential relatedness of metaphorical name of the person in the Russian language in a series of experiments (pendulum is a figurative name of a man or woman?).

Keywords:  gender-marked metaphors, experimental study, referential choice

Pages:  485-487

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