Chapter 2
Conventionality and linguistic domain(s) involved in the characterization of metonymies (for the creation of a detailed typology of metonymy)
This is the second of three chapters devoted to the presentation of a set of criteria included in a database resulting from a project on the characterization of conceptual metonymy. It discusses Fields 5 and 7 of the database entry model, concerning conventionality, either conceptual or conceptual and linguistic, and the linguistic levels where metonymies operate (grammatical rank, meaning, form, grammatical process, and function).
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Discussion of Field 5: Conventionality
- 3.Discussion of Field 7: Linguistic domains/levels at which the metonymy is attested
- 3.1Grammatical rank
- 3.2Meaning
- 3.3Constructional form
- 3.4Grammatical process involved
- 3.5Main function
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4.Summary and conclusions
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Acknowledgments
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Notes
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