Come your ear closer to the earth. Erben's Kytice and Semiotic Principles of the Magical Picture of the World
2011
Abstract
In the perspective of semiotics and cognitive linguistics, the study presents the main principles creating the magical picture of the world of Erben's Kytice: metaphor (related with imitative magic) and metonymy (related with contact magic). In many examples, the crucial principle of the magic semiosis is explained, i. e. sign situations presented in Kytice have their ontological dimension, they direct the course of the world.