De l’animalisation à la neutralisation : fonctionnement des verbes de bruit associés aux animaux

Abstract

The article focuses on the verbs associated with animals’ cries and sounds and tends to prove on the basis of examples from various languages, that, even if initially there is a part of animalization of the lexicon when the target domain of the metaphor is a man, the animal side tends to fade and to neutralize—to the point of losing their expressiveness—, when the target domain is not a man (part of the body, object, natural element). These two paths correspond to two different types of metaphorization (metaphors of resemblance and correlation). The article highlights the three components-sources—the ability to produce sounds, to move and to experience emotions—which are the basis of metaphorizations towards the men’s domain.

Keywords

• verba sonandi
• sound animals verbs
• semantics
• metaphorization
• emotions
• anthropodenial