Metonymy in Language and Thought
Editors
Metonymy in Language and Thought gives a state-of-the-art account of metonymic research. The contributions have different disciplinary and theoretical backgrounds in linguistics, psycholinguistics, psychology and literary studies. However, they share the assumption that metonymy is a cognitive phenomenon, a “figure of thought,” underlying much of our ordinary conceptualization that may be even more fundamental than metaphor. The use of metonymy in language is a reflection of this conceptual status. The framework within which metonymy is understood in this volume is that of scenes, frames, scenarios, domains or idealized cognitive models.
The chapters are revised papers given at the Metonymy Workshop held in Hamburg, 1996.
The chapters are revised papers given at the Metonymy Workshop held in Hamburg, 1996.
[Human Cognitive Processing, 4] 1999. vii, 410 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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IntroductionKlaus-Uwe Panther | p. 1
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Part I: Theoretical Aspects of Metonymy
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Towards a Theory of MetonymyGünter Radden and Zoltán Kövecses | pp. 17–59
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Speaking and Thinking with MetonymyRaymond W. Gibbs | p. 61
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Metonymy and Conceptual IntegrationGilles Fauconnier | p. 77
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Distinguishing Metonymy from SynecdocheKen-ichi Seto | p. 91
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Aspects of Referential MetonymyBeatrice Warren | p. 121
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Part II: Historical Aspects of Metonymy
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frame and Cognity: On the Cognitive Bases of Metonymy and Certain Types of Word FormationPeter Koch | p. 139
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Co-presence and Succession: A Cognitive Typology of MetonymyAndreas Blank | p. 169
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Metonymic Bridges in Modal ShiftsLouis Goossens | p. 193
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Metonymy in OnomasticsOlaf Jäkel | p. 211
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Part III: Case Studies of Metonymy
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Grammatical Constraints on Metonymy: On the Role of the Direct ObjectRichard Waltereit | p. 233
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Putting Metonymy in its PlacePaul Pauwels | p. 255
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Conversion as a Conceptual Metonymy of Event SchemataRené Dirven | p. 275
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Opposition as a Metonymic PrincipleChristian Vosshagen | p. 289
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Metonymic Hierarchies: The Conceptualization of Stupidity in German Idiomatic ExpressionsKurt Feyaerts | p. 309
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The Potentiality for Actuality Metonymy in English and HungarianKlaus-Uwe Panther | p. 333
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Part IV: Applications of Metonymy
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“Mummy, I like being a sandwich”: Metonymy in Language AcquisitionBrigitte Nerlich | p. 361
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Recontextualization of Metonymy in Narrative and the Case of Morrison’s Song of SolomonAnne Pankhurst | p. 385
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List of Contributors | p. 401
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Subject index | p. 405
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Author index | p. 413
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Metonymy and metaphor index | p. 419
“Overall, there is no doubt that the volume under review constitutes a primary resource which will help everyone working in the fields of cognitive linguistics and figurative language. It is well worth reading, and re-reading, because it offers a unique insight into the complexity of the issues underlying metonymix expressions.”
Mario Brdar in Suvremena Lingvistika Vol 27.1-2, 2001
“Seventeen first-rate papers present metonymy within a conceptual framework of scenarios, scenes, frames, domains, and idealized cognitive models (ICMs). The book concludes with a useful index of metonymies and metaphors.”
Kenneth A. McElhanon, Summer Institute of Linguistics, in Language Vol. 78.2, 2002
“[...] an important work in Metonymy research that must be consulted in any study of Metonymy [...]”
Latrin Mutz, Universität Saarland, Germany, in Metaphorik 06/2004
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