Published: 2023-12-29

The linguistic vision of pigs in Spanish: Analysis based on lexicographic data

Barbara Mazurek Logo ORCID

Abstract

The present paper is concerned with the reconstruction of the linguistic vision of pigs in Spanish language based on lexicographical data. The corpus used in the analysis contains lexicographic definitions, semantic connotations, idioms and proverbs, which make use of the lexeme cerdo (‘pig’) or its synonyms, i.e. chancho, cochino, guarro, puerco, marrano. The linguistic vision of pigs reflected in Spanish turns out to be predominantly influenced by negative connotations, re­lated not only to its physical features, but also to its behavior. The data also display the importance of the anthropocentric attitude of man towards the surrounding world, which is based on the opposition between what is human and, therefore, good and what is animalistic and bad.

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Mazurek, B. (2023). The linguistic vision of pigs in Spanish: Analysis based on lexicographic data. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (2 (12), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2023.12.09

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No. 2 (12) (2023)
Published: 2024-04-10


ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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