title: Metonyms and Metaphors in Hieroglyphic Texts of the Ancient Maya
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metadata.value: Sheseña, Alejandro
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-06-26T21:12:45Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-06-26T21:12:45Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Sheseña A. Metonyms and Metaphors in Hieroglyphic Texts of the Ancient Maya. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2020, vol. 65, issue 2, рp. 433–447.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2020.206
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/18361
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This article discusses the presence of figurative language resources, specifically metonyms
  and metaphors, in the language used in the hieroglyphic inscriptions of the ancient Maya.
  In particular, it is argued that certain syntactic constructions, previously not addressed by
  scholars, that appear in the inscriptions actually express metonyms and metaphors related
  to anger and bravery. This has become possible when the hieroglyphic texts are not merely
  rendered as literal translations but analysed philologically, which in this case has enabled
  to identify the figurative resources. Thus, considering the linguistic references in use by the
  descendants of the ancient Maya, and based on particular cases taken from representative
  inscriptions, the article highlights the main features of the metonymies and metaphors in
  question. The fact that these figurative resources are located in royal titles or attributive
  adjectives forming names of rulers is stressed. Therefore, the article includes a discussion of
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 65; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: ancient Maya
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Maya writing
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Mayan languages
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: figurative language
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: metonyms and metaphors
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Metonyms and Metaphors in Hieroglyphic Texts of the Ancient Maya
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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