Rhetorical Devices in Old Japanese Verse: Structural Analysis and Semantics. Part II: From Semantics to Hermeneutics

• Authors: Levchenko Ekaterina
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the first part of this study we had a deep look at the morphology and structure of the phrases concerned. This showed a partial misbalance in the direct (or linguistic) meaning and literal translation/interpretation of makura-kotoba (MK) collocations. In an attempt to bridge their semantics and pragmatics, here I will refer to hermeneutics, as a psychological means of interpreting the literal meaning. The results are presented in the conclusions, offering a Western reader a direct and clear definition of makura-kotoba and its main special traces.

Keywords

EN

hermeneutics; culture hint; interconnection; makura-kotoba; Martin Heidegger

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia
• Year: 2017
• Volume: Tom 2
• Pages: 119-137

Dates

published

2017-12-01

Contributors

author

Levchenko Ekaterina

• Independent Researcher

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