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Record 1 1986-11-25

English

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  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
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With use, the original and vivid figurative force of the metaphor becomes progressively dulled, until eventually one of two things happens: either the figurative expression drops out of use altogether and disappears from the language..., or it takes its place in the "regular" (= nonfigurative) vocabulary of the language as a demetaphorized compound word....

French

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  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
OBS

Source: Brian Harris, Département de linguistique et langues modernes, U. d'Ottawa, Ottawa (1976).

Spanish

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