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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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Published in:Russian Linguistics Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 347 - 360
Main Authors: Plungian, Vladimir, Rakhilina, Ekaterina
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Nov2013
Subjects:
Adjectives
Russian language
Spacetime
Metaphor
Metonyms
Slavic languages
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