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| Author: Joseph Paternost | |||
| Title: | Metaphors of mediation in Slovene epitaphs | ||
| Subject Headings: | Death; Funeral rituals; Linguistics | ||
| Publication: | SS | ||
| Volume: | 9 | ||
| Number: | 1-2 | ||
| Year: | 1987 | ||
| Type: | Article | ||
| Paternost, Joseph. 1987.* "Metaphors of mediation in Slovene epitaphs," SS 9/1-2 (Lencek Festschrift): 181-187. | |||
| Paternost, Joseph 1987: "Metaphors of mediation in Slovene epitaphs" A discussion of the use of metaphor in Slovene epitaphs to soften, neutralize, and overcome the impact of death. The author concentrates on the frequent appearance of natural images -- flowers, gardens, valleys, mountains, and stars -- and the common usage of the happy:up::sad:down metaphoric formula. Many of the epitaphs mediate death by portraying it as positive, as either a release from earthly suffering or a passage to heaven. | |||
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