Cerrado and Veredas: Designation, Meaning and Semantic Change

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2236-4242.v33i1p105-127

Keywords:

Semantic Change, Metaphor/Metonymy, Lexicon, Cerrado, Vereda

Abstract

This article shows how metaphor and metonymy are plentiful and operative in the process of lexical creation and semantic change. For this, the lexical units Cerrado and Vereda – words that label, respectively, the second most important Brazilian ecosystem and one of its subsystems – were chosen for analysis. The analysis met the semantic theory in its diachronic approach, as well as the lexical theory and etymology’s points of view. Those lexical units can be analyzed as having been created by metaphor and metonymy, in addition to having undergone semantic change in different past synchronies. Finally, it is argued that both the creation of a lexical item and its change of meaning involve pragmatic objectives, such as the need for users to express a new meaning related to a certain reality in the empirical world.

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Published

2020-03-25

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Vol. 33 No. 1 (2020): Semântica e Morfologia em Terminologia

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MARRA, Daniel. Cerrado and Veredas: Designation, Meaning and Semantic Change. Linha D’Água, São Paulo, v. 33, n. 1, p. 105–127, 2020. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2236-4242.v33i1p105-127. Disponível em: https://journals.usp.br/linhadagua/article/view/163404.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.