THE PROPER NAME MISIEWICZ AS NOMEN APPELLATIVUM IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN POLAND
Iwona Góralczyk
University of Warmia and Mazury in OlsztynJoanna Paszenda
Pedagogical University of CracowAbstract
The paper discusses a secondary, figurative meaning of the proper name Misiewicz
that has evolved in the current political discourse in Poland. The data under examination
have been retrieved during the years 2016-2017 from paper and electronic editions
of Polish newspapers and magazines, including online commentaries and opinions
of their readers. It is claimed that best documented and most frequent uses of the name
Misiewicz/e [SG./PL.] exhibit a paragonic sense. Barcelona’s [2003, 2004] model was
adopted in the explanation of the metonymic mappings underlying them.
Keywords:
proper name, paragon, conceptual metonymy, meaning construal, Antonio BarcelonaReferences
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Brdar Mario and Brdar-Szabó Rita. 2007. When Zidane is not simply Zidane, and Bill
Gates is not just Bill Gates: Some thoughts on the construction of metaphtonymic
meanings of proper names. In: Aspects of Meaning Construction. Eds. Radden G., Köpcke
K.-M., Berg T., Siemund P. Amsterdam-Philadelphia: John Benjamins: 125-142.
Hohenhaus Peter. 2005. Lexicalization and institutionalization. In: Handbook of word-formation.
Eds. Štekauer P., Lieber R. Amsterdam: Springer: 353-373.
Lakoff George. 1987. Women, Fire and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about
the Mind. Chicago Il.: University of Chicago Press.
Lakoff George and Johnson Mark. 1980. Metaphors We Live By. Chicago-London: University
of Chicago Press.
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Philosophical Papers, Vol. 2. Ed. Putnam H. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 215-271.
Quirk Randolph, Greenbaum Sidney, Leech Geoffrey and Svartvik Jan. 1985. A Comprehensive
Grammar of the English Language. London-New York: Longman.
Radden Günter and Dirven René. 2007. Cognitive English Grammar. Amsterdam-Philadelphia:
John Benjamins.
Radden Günter and Kövecses Zoltan. 1999. Towards a theory of metonymy. In: Metonymy
in language and thought. Eds. Panther K.-U., Radden G. Amsterdam-Philadelphia:
John Benjamins: 17-59.
Rosch Eleanor. 1978. Principles of categorization. In: Cognition and categorization. Eds.
Rosch E. and Lloyd B.B., Hillsdale NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum: 27-48.
Ruiz de Mendoza Francisco José. 2007. High level cognitive models: in search of a unified
framework for inferential and grammatical behavior. In: Perspectives on Metonymy.
Ed. Kosecki K. Frankfurt a. Main: Peter Lang: 11-30.
Ruiz de Mendoza Francisco José and Ricardo Mairal Usón. 2007. High-level metaphor
and metonymy in meaning construction. In: Aspects of Meaning Construction. Eds.
Radden G., Köpcke K.-M., Berg T., Siemund P. Amsterdam-Philadelphia: John
Benjamins: 33-51.
Topolińska Zuzanna. 1984. Składnia grupy imiennej. In: Gramatyka współczesnego języka
polskiego. Składnia. Eds. Grochowski M., Grochowiak St., Topolińska Z. Warszawa:
Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe: 301-389.
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www.echodnia.eu
www.forum.echodnia.eu
www.koduj24.pl
www.misiewicze.pl
www.money.pl
www.newsweek.pl
www.se.pl
www.strajk.eu
www.tokfm.pl
www.weszlo.com
www.wiadomo.co
www.wprost.pl
www.wyborcza.pl
Góralczyk, I., & Paszenda, J. (2017). THE PROPER NAME MISIEWICZ AS NOMEN APPELLATIVUM IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN POLAND. Acta Neophilologica, 2(XIX), 65–75. https://doi.org/10.31648/an.642
Iwona Góralczyk
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Joanna Paszenda
Pedagogical University of Cracow
Pedagogical University of Cracow
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