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In Search of Methodology for Analyzing Verbal Zoosemy: The Case of English Prison Slang to Rat
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2018) Ciechanowska, Anna
Verbal zoosemy – which is becoming a more and more attractive area of research – is a mechanism that in comparison to nominal zoosemy poses more difficulty for the linguists of today since the process involves the combination of the general metaphorical schema and metonymic transfer. What is also important is the fact that verbal zoosemy is a phenomenon that may be found not merely in standard languages, but also in their non-standard varieties, such as, for example, English prison slang, which is a particularly rich source of animal metaphors, both nominal and verbal, due to its particularly highly metaphorical nature. Nevertheless, this aspect of prison slang seems to be apparently neglected, if not altogether ignored. The paper is an attempt to uncover the main twists and turns of verbal zoosemy functioning in English prison slang, employing a cognitively couched methodological framework based on selected elements of cognitive linguistics and conceptual semantics.
Some remarks on a linguistic predator: Foreign influences upon prison slang
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2016) Ciechanowska, Anna
Prison slang may be considered to be a language variety with great creativity, which is manifested in its inherent tendency to draw on and borrow from other languages and language varieties. As a result, in the linguistic repertoire used by inmates in British and American prisons we observe a strong tendency to apply vocabulary items which derive from many different linguistic backgrounds, such as, among others, Yiddish, Spanish, Italian and Cockney Rhyming slang. Unfortunately, this aspect of prison slang seems to be sadly neglected, if not altogether ignored. This paper provides an analysis of the subject of borrowings in the linguistic repertoire used by Englishspeaking inmates.
Towards the functions of prison slang
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2015) Ciechanowska, Anna
The phenomenon of “prison slang” has always raised much controversy. There have been many attempts of different scholars, at different points in history, to fully cover the subject in question, and especially one of its aspects, namely the functions that this particular language variety may serve. Nevertheless, the issue of functions of “prison argot” has always received merely fragmentary treatment, and hence it is difficult to find widely and unequivocally accepted conclusions. The paper provides a consistent overview of the subject with special reference to the following functions of “prison slang”: , , , and .