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The present study investigates the meaning construction emerging from figurative constructions involving and in Modern Greek. The study concerns authentic language data retrieved from a corpus search. Analysis takes into consideration the embodiment hypothesis, the development of chained metonymies and the interaction of metaphor and metonymy as the motivation for the usage patterns under investigation. The constructions analyzed reveal that the sense of vision is prioritized over hearing. Furthermore, constructional parameters of meaning show how and are perceived in MG language and culture. is attributed the agent role in the constructions, while is the entity acted upon. Moreover, e are mainly perceived as reflections of different dimensions of the selfhood, while are perceived as containers. A broader polysemy thus emerges for the than for the .

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Keyword(s): construction; corpus-based study; culture; ear; embodiment; eye; Greek; metaphor; metonymy; polysemy; usage pattern

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