Approache to the Metaphorical Senses of grande and pequeño

Lexicographic Proposal

Authors

  • Carlos Ynduráin Pardo de Santayana Universidad del Atlántico Medio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17561/rilex.8.1.9118

Keywords:

Dimensional Adjectives, Polysemy, Cognitive Metaphor, Size

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyze the semantic values that are usually associated with the Spanish adjectives grande and pequeño beyond their purely dimensional senses (linked, in principle, with the size of the entities of the physical world). In the part dedicated to the lexicographic proposal, these semantic values will be separated and grouped in such a way that, once ordered and defined, they will be shown as possible meanings of a dictionary. Throughout this      article, the focus will be on showing the polysemic character of the concerning words and on explaining the cognitive processes that underlie the development of the metaphorical or metonymical senses to which they are usually related. The lexicographical decisions made later on will be related to this first semantic analysis; the aim is to provide coherence to the proposal and to justify, as far as possible, the steps taken in the elaboration of the entries for the words grande and pequeño.

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Author Biography

  • Carlos Ynduráin Pardo de Santayana, Universidad del Atlántico Medio

    PhD in Linguistics

    2015, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. (Spain) Thesis: Adjetivos dimensionales del español. Análisis semántico y propuesta lexicográfica (Dimensional adjectives in Spanish. Semantic analysis and lexicographic proposal) under the supervision, of PhD Santiago U. Sánchez. Summa Cum Laude.

     (http://hdl.handle.net/10486/669538).

     

    Master's Degree in Spanish as a Foreign Language

    2009, Instituto Cervantes – Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Santander (Spain).

     

    Major Degree in Linguistics

    2007, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain).

     

    Major Degree in Sociology

    2003, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain).

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Published

2025-01-28

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Artículos sección lexicografía

How to Cite

Ynduráin Pardo de Santayana, C. (2025). Approache to the Metaphorical Senses of grande and pequeño: Lexicographic Proposal. RILEX. Revista Sobre Investigaciones léxicas, 8(1), 37-67. https://doi.org/10.17561/rilex.8.1.9118