Article outline

• 1.Rationale
• 2.Metaphor and metonymy
  • 2.1Metaphor versus metonymy
  • 2.2Jakobson: Similarity and contiguity as dimensions of meaning
  • 2.3Conventionalisation of metaphor and metonymy and their themes
  • 2.4Metaphor, metonymy, genre, relevance and the semantics of grammar
• 3.New lexis
• 4.Three themes of this book
• 5.The outline of the book
• 6.The web-site
• Notes