Essays about: "double-function adjectives"
Found 1 essay containing the words double-function adjectives.
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1. “Harsh realities” and “tender gazes”: Do perceptual extensions function metaphorically or literally? : A corpus-based investigation of haptic adjectives and the “extent of the literal”
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This thesis investigates how perceptual adjectives are used to convey non-perceptual experience. The study is corpus-based, and the material consists of adjective-noun pairs in which the premodifying adjective is derived from the haptic modality. READ MORE
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