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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
► pp. 267–287

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Chapter 13
Linguistic metaphor identification in Sesotho

 | , , LesothoNational University of Lesotho, Lesotho
 | , , LesothoNational University of Lesotho, Lesotho
 | , , LesothoNational University of Lesotho, Lesotho
Published online: 28 November 2019
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Article outline
  • 13.1Introduction
  • 13.2Operationalization
    • 13.2.1The Sesotho dictionaries
      • PYS
      • Buka
      • ESD
      • SED
    • 13.2.2The use of SED and Macmillan
  • 13.3Demarcation of lexical units
    • 13.3.1The orthographic word
    • 13.3.2Multiword expressions and compounds
    • 13.3.3The first person singular object marker n- and the reflexive marker i-
    • 13.3.4The locative case marker -ng
    • 13.3.5The affixes ra- and ma-
  • 13.4Further linguistic characteristics of Sesotho that affect the use of MIPVU
    • 13.4.1Verb extensions
    • 13.4.2The diminutive marker, the augmentative marker, and reduplication
  • 13.5MIPVU adjusted for Sesotho
  • 13.6Sample analysis
  • 13.7Conclusion
  • References
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