[Lexicog] Criteria for example sentences

[Peter Kirk]

On 16/03/2004 07:22, Translation MALI wrote:

> Thanks, Ron, for these good examples.
>
> Some metaphorical extensions or secondary meanings move somewhat away
> from a typical dog's barking, like a "barking cough". "An officer
> barking an order" gives me the idea of a short, authoritative, aggressive
> command.
> Could a prototypical meaning of "to bark" be that a creature (dog or man)
> asserts his authority or gives a warning that his (or his master's)
> territory is threatened?


Surely the point is simply that the cough or the order sounds like a
dog's bark. The order may be an assertion of authority or a warning, on
the other hand it may just be someone's style and tone of voice. And the
cough is certainly just the sound.


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