Teterina, MarinaCrestianicov, Elena2016-02-222016-02-222012Teterina, Marina. Personification or sexification of countries in English? / Марина Теterinа, Elena Crestianicov // Limbaj şi context = Speech and Context : Rev. de lingvistică, semiotică şi şt. literară. - 2012. - Anul IV, nr. 1. - P. 102-109.In the article, we analyze the metaphoric associations which are the basis for the personification of countries in English. We try to find out in what discourse types countries and cities are personalized. We identify the main factors which stand behind the use of she-reference with countries.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internaționalmetaphoric associationspersonification of countriesArticle