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Representation Of Theatre Metaphors In The English Linguistic Worldview

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Semantic Components Analysis
As a result of the definition analysis the following semantic components were identified: 1) face, 2) lack of expression. A face and having the appearance of death of the semantic components in the words meanings dead, pan, word combination dead pan and components of the definition content of the theatre term dead-pan are the common components related on the basis of associativity and participating in creating the terminological metaphor that is, the comparison is based on the figurative meaning of the word combination dead-pan. Thus, in the theatre term dead-pan, the metaphorical meaning of the common-literary word pan was implemented.
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