Incendere
Incendier », « augmenter » ou « remplir » ? Étude sémantique
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4840038 |
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| Authors | Sophie Roesch (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Issue | 103 |
| Pages | 191-200 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pallas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-0387 • E-ISSN: 2272-7639 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/pallas.4163 |
| OpenAlex | W2943090663 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Incendere usually means ‘to set ablaze’ and indicates that a person carries fire on a physical object in order to char it. Incendere is also likely to mean, in the metaphorical sense, that a feeling (described in terms of fire) ignites someone, that is to say fills him with ardor. In both cases, a person or an object is filled with a fire, be it concrete or abstract. This similarity can be explained by metaphoric matrices that combine the upward movement (characteristic of fire) with the concept of greater amount (Lakoff and Johnson: ‘more is up’). Thus, the verb can also mean ‘to give birth’ to a flame or a feeling, ‘to increase’ it, or ‘to fill’. In all cases, the concept of upward movement is paramount
Art · Humanities · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Philosophy · Semiotics and Representation Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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