The human bestiary.(animal names applied to humans)

From: The Modern Language Review | Date: October 1, 2001| Author: Spence, N.C.W. | Copyright information

Research is presented concerning the figurative application of animal names to human characters within the languages spoken in Western Europe. This practice, which is common in both ancient and modern languages, is discussed.

A feature probably shared by all languages, and certainly by the major languages of Western Europe, which are the only ones with which I can profess some familiarity, is the frequent figurative application of animal names to human beings. The names of the fox ...

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