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Stengers, HélèneCorresponding Author

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January 30, 2025
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METAPHOR AND METONYMY AS MECHANISMS TO CREATE EUPHEMISTIC AND DYSPHEMISTIC VERBAL IDIOMS

Publicated to: Revista de Filología de la Universidad de La Laguna (RFULL). 41 233-252 - 2020-09-01 41(), DOI: 10.25145/j.refiull.2020.41.12

Authors:

Stengers, Helene
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Univ Alcala, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

This paper investigates the main metaphors and metonymies involved in the creation of euphemistic and dysphemistic idioms related to death, as regards to both 'dying' and 'killing'. This study shows that the taboo of death does not only produce euphemisms, with the aim of mitigating the reference to the prohibited concept, but dysphemisms, with the opposite effect: to intensify the negative aspects of death. In addition to metaphors, metonymies also participate actively in the creation of euphemistic/dysphemistic idioms. Based on a metaphorical representation of death, most idioms take one part of the process of dying or the action of killing to refer to the whole event. This process of idiom formation is repeated both in euphemistic idioms, mostly focusing on religious concepts (e.g. acordarse Dios, descansar en paz and enviar al otro mundo), and dysphemistic idioms, which often represent people as animals based on the metaphor people are animals (e.g. arrancar el pescuezo, ir al matadero, and llevar al degolladero).
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Keywords

DeathDysphemistic idiomEuphemistic idiomMetaphorMetonymPeace, justice and strong institutions

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Revista de Filología de la Universidad de La Laguna (RFULL), Q4 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in Linguistics and Language, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-04:

  • Open Alex: 2
  • WoS: 2
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-04:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 3 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 16 - Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels, with a probability of 42% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Ureña Tormo, Clara).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Ureña Tormo, Clara.

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