Metaphor as a Means of Implementation of Humor in the Nonstandard Military Vocabulary (on the Material of the French Language)

Authors

  • Евгения Анатольевна Соловьева Southern Federal University

Abstract

Evgeniya A. Solovyova (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)

The article deals with the use of metaphors as an effective tool for embodying the humor in the modern French substandard military vocabulary. The analysis of the metaphors encoding the military realities allows considering the humor as the most common way to achieve the comic representation of professional sphere. The sources of metaphorical transfer are frequently based on the ordinary realities specific to the civil life. This kind of metaphorical thinking reflects the «naive» picture of professional world conveyed by the humorous metaphors. Furthermore, the metaphor may contribute to the psychological adaptation to the military-related stress. The analysis of the humorous metaphors may also permit to understand some mental particularities specific to the native speakers issued from a given social community.

Key words: metaphor, humor, French nonstandard military vocabulary, cognitive linguistics.

DOI 10.23683/1995-0640-2017-3-121-127

Author Biography

Евгения Анатольевна Соловьева, Southern Federal University

Evgeniya A. Solovyova – post-graduate student of Romance Philology dpt. Institute of Philology, Journalism and сross-cultural сommunication, Southern Federal University

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Соловьева, Е. А. (2017). Metaphor as a Means of Implementation of Humor in the Nonstandard Military Vocabulary (on the Material of the French Language). Proceedings of Southern Federal University. Philology, (3), 121–127. Retrieved from https://philol-journal.sfedu.ru/index.php/sfuphilol/article/view/1056

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No. 3 (2017)

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LINGUISTICS

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