The “volcano theory”. The case of collective nouns involving animal groupings
The aim of this article is to study “collective” nouns (i.e. of the type a gaggle of geese) in English in order to account for the remarkable creation of new expressions that this type generates. My hypothesis is that it is a pattern for lexical innovation as there seems to be boundless imagination...
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| Argitaratua izan da: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/esa, |
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| Formatua: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Hizkuntza: | Anglais |
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Etudes de stylistique anglaise
2023
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |