Open AccessCognition and Society. Treatment Forms at the Dawn of Feudalism: Señor and the Honorific Formulas with -ísimo
Author(s) -
Andrzej Zieliński
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
verba hispanica/verba hispanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2350-4250
pISSN - 0353-9660
DOI - 10.4312/vh.26.1.193-209
Subject(s) - feudalism , honorific , superlative , metaphor , scale (ratio) , suffix , psychology , social psychology , sociology , literature , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics , political science , law , geography , art , cartography , politics
The objective of this study is to delve into the origin of two treatment formulas: señor, from senior “older”, and those with the superlative suffix. Both are very closely linked to the imposition of a new social model, feudalism, which is characterized by organizing itself on a vertical social scale, coinciding with the scale of quantification characteristic of degree expressions. In both acts the conceptual metaphor is more is up.