Article published in:
Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied LinguisticsVol. 27:1 (2014) ► pp. 168–186
Metonymy and the way we speak
Klaus-Uwe Panther | Nanjing Normal University & University of Hamburg
Linda L. Thornburg | Nanjing Normal University
In this article we investigate correlations between semantically equivalent expressions (organized in manner scales according to the formal properties of length, prosodic prominence, and grammaticalization) and their varying potential to trigger a certain metonymic interpretation. We focus on manner scales of past ability as well as semantically and logically similar expressions relating to human character traits/dispositions and external circumstances. Using the concepts of strength of metonymic link and coercion, we show that shorter, prosodically weaker and more grammaticalized members in these manner scales more strongly trigger the potentiality for actuality metonymy than their longer, prosodically stronger, and less grammaticalized counterparts.
Keywords: manner scales, potentiality for actuality metonymy, coercion, strength of metonymic link
Published online: 08 August 2014
https://doi.org/10.1075/resla.27.1.07pan
https://doi.org/10.1075/resla.27.1.07pan
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