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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Stupid as a coin: meaning and rhyming similes in Vietnamese |
Author: | Nguyen, T. Zuckermann, G. |
Citation: | International Journal of Language Studies, 2012; 6(4):97-118 |
Publisher: | EBSCO Publishing |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 2157-4898 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Thuy Nga Nguyen and Ghil'ad Zuckermann |
Abstract: | Similes emphasise affinities between different objects, and they occur in many cultures. Vietnamese similes can be classified into two types: Meaning Similes and Rhyming Similes. This paper analyses and compares their structure and their semantic and phonetic requirements. It also draws innovative parallels between Vietnamese rhyming similes and Cockney Rhyming Slang, Multisourced Neologization of the Phonetic Matching type, and English, Italian and Israeli euphemisms. |
Keywords: | Meaning similes rhyming similes Vietnamese multisourced neologization euphemism phonetic matching |
Rights: | Copyright © 2010 International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS). All rights reserved. |
Description (link): | http://www.ijls.net/latestissue.html |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Linguistics publications |
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