Time and speed: Where do speed adjectives come from?

The article examines the relationship between time and space in language on the basis of adjectives denoting high or low speed in Russian and other (mostly Slavic) languages. In physics the notion of speed is defined in terms of time and space (distance per time unit). It is argued, however, that sp...

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Publicado en:Russian Linguistics Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 347 - 360
Autores principales: Plungian, Vladimir, Rakhilina, Ekaterina
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Nov2013
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