Open AccessHow do we measure “measure”? Measure constructions and Metaphor
Author(s) -
Elizaveta Kibisova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
poljarnyj vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1890-9671
pISSN - 1500-7502
DOI - 10.7557/6.5548
Subject(s) - metaphor , measure (data warehouse) , literal (mathematical logic) , noun , metonymy , linguistics , semantics (computer science) , computer science , natural language processing , philosophy , programming language , database
The article describes Russian measure constructions with the nominal quantifiers куча, груда, море, and туча. These nominal quantifiers are used in different, though overlapping, collocations determined by the semantics of the nouns. These nouns can be used in their literal meanings, or to create a metaphor. In rare cases, combination of metaphor and metonymy is used to add semantic nuances.