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Vertical contrastive analysis of the polysemy of the English adjective hot and the Croatian adjective vruć
Ivana Bošnjak (2012)
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature
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Bošnjak, I. (2012). Vertical contrastive analysis of the polysemy of the English adjective hot and the Croatian adjective vruć (Master's thesis). Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:330814

Bošnjak, Ivana. "Vertical contrastive analysis of the polysemy of the English adjective hot and the Croatian adjective vruć." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:330814

Bošnjak, Ivana. "Vertical contrastive analysis of the polysemy of the English adjective hot and the Croatian adjective vruć." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:330814

Bošnjak, I. (2012). 'Vertical contrastive analysis of the polysemy of the English adjective hot and the Croatian adjective vruć', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 24 April 2019, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:330814

Bošnjak I. Vertical contrastive analysis of the polysemy of the English adjective hot and the Croatian adjective vruć [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2012 [cited 2019 April 24] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:330814

I. Bošnjak, "Vertical contrastive analysis of the polysemy of the English adjective hot and the Croatian adjective vruć", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2012. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:330814

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TitleVertical contrastive analysis of the polysemy of the English adjective hot and the Croatian adjective vruć
Title (croatian)Vertikalna kontrastivna analiza polisemije engleskoga pridjeva 'hot' i hrvatskoga pridjeva 'vruć'
AuthorIvana Bošnjak
MentorGabrijela Buljan (mentor)
Committee memberGabrijela Buljan (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberTanja Gradečak Erdeljić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberMario Brdar (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2012-03-06, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Abstract
This paper deals with the semantic phenomenon of lexical polysemy. The theoretical part covers mostly the topic of polysemy. It illustrates the difference between polysemy and the phenomenon of homonymy and vagueness. It also defines metaphor and metonymy from cognitive linguistics’ point of view, which play a great role in meaning extension. The research is based on the analysis of 59 examples in English and 44 examples in Croatian. The aim of the paper is to explore the extent and the limits of polysemy of the adjective hot in English, and of its Croatian counterpart vruć, as well as the role of metaphor and metonymy in meaning extension of the adjective hot, i.e. vruć. The analysis discusses the translations of the adjective hot to Croatian, and vice versa, the translations of the Croatian adjective vruć to English. The results show that meaning extensions are mostly defined by means of metaphor and metonymy. Considering the contrastive analysis between the English adjective hard and its counterparts in Croatian, and the tolerance in terms of polysemy, the results make English more polysemy-friendly than Croatian.
Keywords
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:330814
Study programmeTitle: Engleski jezik i književnost (dvopredmetni); smjerovi: nastavnički, filološki, prevoditeljski
Study programme type: sveučilišni
Study level: diplomski
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: Nakladništvo (dvopredmetni)
Study programme type: sveučilišni
Study level: diplomski
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra nakladništva (magistar/magistra nakladništva)
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