A Study of «Attributive Ethnonyms» in the History of English with Special Reference to «Foodsemy»

by Marcin Kudla

Overview

The present work studies ethnic stereotypes from the cognitive linguistic perspective. An ethnic stereotype is seen as an ICM comprising a cluster of metonymic submodels (e.g. cusine, body, name). Each submodel may trigger the formation of an attributive ethnonym, which ascribes an attribute to the target group. Such terms are usually derogatory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631665633
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	03/29/2016
Series:	Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures , #1
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Marcin Kudła graduated from the University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska in Lublin, Poland. He received his PhD degree in linguistics from the University of Rzeszów, Poland. His academic interests include diachronic linguistics, anthropological linguistics and cognitive semantics.

Table of Contents

Contents: Cognitive approach to categorisation – The axiological factor in ICMs – Social categorisation – Social psychological perspective on stereotypes – Food and humans – Theories of ethnicity – Attributive ethnonyms – Foodsemic ethnonyms in the history of English.

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