TY - JOUR AU - Góralczyk, Iwona PY - 2020/12/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Expressive Uses of Proper Names as Units of Measure in the Current Informal Online Discussion about Politics in Poland JF - Acta Neophilologica JA - an VL - 2 IS - XXII SE - Językoznawstwo DO - 10.31648/an.5583 UR - https://czasopisma.uwm.edu.pl/index.php/an/article/view/5583 SP - 41-54 AB - <p><span style="left: 166.386px; top: 627.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.14035);">This study offers a cognitive linguistic account of a few remarkably innova</span><span style="left: 689.121px; top: 627.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif;">-</span><span style="left: 98.841px; top: 645.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.16718);">tive uses of proper names to denote </span><span style="left: 351.906px; top: 645.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.16084);">units of measure</span><span style="left: 467.151px; top: 645.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.21741);"> in utterances related to current </span><span style="left: 98.841px; top: 663.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.14102);">political issues in Poland, which are delivered with ironic, sarcastic or humorous intent </span><span style="left: 98.841px; top: 681.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.19287);">(such as </span><span style="left: 162.786px; top: 681.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.17932);">jachiry </span><span style="left: 217.866px; top: 681.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.20809);">and </span><span style="left: 250.071px; top: 681.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.09304);">ziemce</span><span style="left: 296.256px; top: 681.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.19232);">). The novel words, which are all nonce-formations, are </span><span style="left: 98.826px; top: 699.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.14615);">minor conversions. They occur preceded by numerals and are pluralised. The coinages </span><span style="left: 98.826px; top: 717.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.19088);">creatively elaborate on the morphological and semantic pattern utilised in scientific </span><span style="left: 98.826px; top: 735.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.11524);">terminological eponyms (such as </span><span style="left: 323.622px; top: 735.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.11878);">niutony</span><span style="left: 374.976px; top: 735.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.15003);"> and </span><span style="left: 408.5px; top: 735.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.07811);">bubnoffy</span><span style="left: 467.151px; top: 735.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.1084);">). The focus of this contribution is </span><span style="left: 98.826px; top: 753.189px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.11081);">placed on metonymies and metaphors that motivate the form and content of the coinages.</span></p> ER -