Gender and Motherhood Between Metaphor and Autohyponymy

https://lastreviotheory.medium.com/gender-and-motherhood-between-metaphor-and-autohyponymy-2423a416bf0d

created by Lastrevio on 09/02/2025 at 16:41 UTC

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Comment by Lastrevio at 09/02/2025 at 16:41 UTC

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This article explores the blurred boundary between a literal and a metaphorical meaning through an analysis of the evolution of the word 'mother' throughout history, which now encapsulates meanings such as 'adoptive mother', not tied to biological roles. The article ends by an analysis of Lacan's objet petit a as Deleuze's "paradoxical element" in the Logic of Sense, as well as with an analysis of the linguistic concept of the autohyponym.