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In:Metaphor Identification in Multiple Languages: MIPVU around the world
Edited by Susan Nacey, Aletta G. Dorst, Tina Krennmayr and W. Gudrun Reijnierse
[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 22] 2019
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Chapter 10
Linguistic metaphor identification in Serbian

 | , , SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade , Serbia
 | , , SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade , Serbia
 | , , SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade , Serbia
Published online: 28 November 2019
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Article outline
  • 10.1Introduction
  • 10.2Relevant lexico-grammatical properties of Serbian: Inflectional morphology and case
  • 10.3Operational issues
    • 10.3.1Data
    • 10.3.2Procedure
    • 10.3.3Selection and use of dictionary
  • 10.4Unit demarcation and contextual/basic meaning identification
    • 10.4.1Determining lexical units
    • 10.4.2Contextual and basic meaning identification
  • 10.5Case-encoded metaphoricity
    • 10.5.1Solutions
  • 10.6Sample analysis
    • 10.6.1An overview in numbers
    • 10.6.2Case-encoded metaphor
      • 10.6.2.1The dative
      • 10.6.2.2The instrumental
  • 10.7Conclusions
  • Acknowledgment
  • Notes
  • References
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