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The role of metonymy in naming
If longhair then apple tree and teacher
The article deals with the role of metonymy in word-formation, specifically in naming extra-linguistic concepts. Its role is approached from an onomasiological perspective, i.e., the starting point in the analysis is the concept to be named. Within this approach, metonymy is seen as a cognitive process (in the dynamic sense) that is inherent in the act of coining any naming unit irrespective of its resulting form, as metonymy provides the perspective from which the concept is mentally accessed, and the morphological form is an outcome of the subsequent matching of the result of conceptualisation with a suitable constructional schema. This understanding of metonymy, however, does not lead to an unrestricted application of the term. The article suggests that if a consistent view of metonymy in coining words is applied, any formal restrictions on its use turn out to be irrelevant.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Word-formation and metonymy
- 3.The process of naming
- 4.Implications for the role of metonymy in word-formation
- 4.1Naming is metonymic irrespective of the resulting form
- 4.2Naming is metonymic irrespective of the word-class of the base word in the derivative
- 4.3Metonymy at stages
- 4.3.1Metonymy prior to naming
- 4.3.2The part of icm for whole icm metonymy
- 4.3.3Further conceptualisation of the selected part(s) of the ICM
- 4.4No metonymy within the selection of the suffix
- 5.Conclusion
- Notes
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