|
Shimonaga Yuki
Department Undergraduate School , School of Agriculture Position Associate Professor |
|
| Language | Japanese |
| Publication Date | 2023/03 |
| Type | Academic Journal |
| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | IE *terə-’s Potentiality of Semantic Expansion: Through a Study of a Multivalent English Word trench |
| Contribution Type | Sole-authored |
| Journal | Asterisk |
| Journal Type | Japan |
| Publisher | The English Philological Society of Japan |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 31,pp.30-44 |
| Details | ModE trench is such a multivalent word that it may refer to a path cut through a forest (now obsolete), safely protected place, an intestinal worm parasitic in horses, or a colicky pain in the abdomen. The verb trench implies the motion of something encroaching. Watkins shows the word is derived from PIE *terə-2, 'to cross over.'
An analogical approach would help us understand the expanding potential of the PIE root. Japanese kiru covers a wide range of meanings and implies a frictional force needed to clear a forest, create a ditch, or pierce through a narrow tube. The analogy employed between *terə-2 and kiru would make it possible to bring together the two IE roots that Watkins distinguishes — *terə-1, 'to rub,' and *terə-2 — both of which share the sememe 'to use frictional force.' |
| ISSN | 2758-9439 (online) |