LINGUISTIC SYNAESTHESIA: A CASE STUDY OF RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN ADJECTIVES

Abstract

The paper tackles the problem of linguistic synaesthesia, or synaesthetic transfers between different zones of sensory experience. It employs corpus linguistics methods to analyze the ability of sensory adjectives to produce meanings in other sensory modalities. This research targets the Russian and Italian languages testing the models suggested previously and comparing the results for each language. More precise corpus linguistics methods and factor analysis are employed. In addition, this article suggests a new synaesthetic transfer classification.

Keywords

• synaesthesia
• sensory qualities
• adjectives
• metaphors
• russian language
• italian language
• corpus linguistics
• синестезия
• сенсорные качества
• прилагательные
• метафоры
• русский язык
• итальянский язык
• корпусная лингвистика