Sweetser 1990

Sweetser, Eve. 1990. From etymology to pragmatics: Metaphorical and cultural aspects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Realizations (29)

Shift	Language	Lexeme	Source		Target	Page
#242	English	grasp	to grasp	—	to understand	28
#67	English	clear	light, clear (sky)	→	clear	40
#746	English	see	to see	—	to understand, to be aware	5
#769	English	bright	bright, brilliant, clear (НБАРС I 278)	—	cheerful, vivacious	28
#1113	English	taste	taste	—	inclination for smth	37
#5431	French	sentir	to feel	—	to smell	36
#3015	Latin	sapio, -ere	to taste	—	to be intelligent, show good sense, to know, understand	36
#1431	Latin	candidus	white	—	honest	4
#3423	English	white	white	→	morally good	8
#1736	English	stink	stench, malodour	→	mean person	37
#1113	Latin	gustis	taste	→	inclination to smth	37
#3676	English	transparent	transparent	→	comprehensible	40
#767	English	opaque	dark (adj.)	→	incomprehensible	40
#767	English	murky	dark (adj.)	→	incomprehensible	40
#767	English	muddy	dark (adj.)	→	incomprehensible	40
#254	English	bright	bright	→	intelligent	40
#782	English	brilliant	brilliant, glaring	→	intelligent	40
#67	English	illuminate	to illuminate	→	to make comprehensible	40
#344	English	wound	to wound (tr.)	→	to offend (tr.)	43
#360	English	touch	to touch	→	to evoke (a feeling)	43
#34	Russian	слушать (slušat')	to listen	→	to obey	35
#746	English	discern	to catch sight of	→	to mentally realize	38
#3739	English	smell	to smell, scent	—	to detect dislikeable characteristics	37
#3753	Breton	c’hwez	breath	—	smell	36
#3769	English	like	alike	—	likely	28
#3769	Welsh	tebyg	alike	—	likely	28
#3770	English	dull	dull, gloomy	—	boring	29
#3771	Modern Greek	kléo	to hear	—	fame, glory	35
#3773	French	tâter	to touch	—	to try, to attempt	36