It rains arguments in Italo Calvino’s and Primo Levi’s tales. Linguistic notes
Keywords:
Weather verbs and nouns, valency increase, semantic variations, pragmatic aspects
Abstract
This paper describes the different metaphorical uses of the weather verbs piovere and grandinare in some tales of Italo Calvino and Primo Levi. In particular the study explores verbal valency changes, semantic extensions of the subjects involved and pragmatic-communicative effects activated by basic verbal valence increase. The analysis ends with some valency, semantic and pragmatic considerations on the metaphorical use of the weather nouns pioggia and grandine.Downloads
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Published
2016-10-26
How to Cite
Dallabrida S. (2016). It rains arguments in Italo Calvino’s and Primo Levi’s tales. Linguistic notes. Cuadernos de Filología Italiana, 23, 67-81. https://doi.org/10.5209/CFIT.54004
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Linguistic Studies
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