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Aspects of Meaning ConstructionEdited by Günter Radden, Klaus-Michael Köpcke, Thomas Berg and Peter Siemund
[Not in series 136] 2007
► pp. v–viii
Edited by Günter Radden, Klaus-Michael Köpcke, Thomas Berg and Peter Siemund
[Not in series 136] 2007
► pp. v–viii
Table of contents
List of contributors
Introduction. The construction of meaning in language
Part I: Metonymy and metaphor
Experiential tests of figurative meaning construction
High-level metaphor and metonymy in meaning construction
The role of metonymy in meaning construction at discourse level: A case study
Chained metonymies in lexicon and grammar: A cross-linguistic perspective on body-part terms
Arguing the case against coercion
When Zidane is not simply Zidane, and Bill Gates is not just Bill Gates: Some thoughts on the construction of metaphtonymic meanings of proper names
Collocational overlap can guide metaphor interpretation
Part II: Mental spaces and conceptual blending
Constructing the meanings of personal pronouns
The construction of meaning in relative clauses: Indeterminacy and constraints
Constraints on inferential constructions
The construction of vagueness: “Sort-of“ expressions in Romance languages
Communication or memory mismatch? Towards a cognitive typology of questions
Brutal Brits and persuasive Americans: Variety-specifc meaning construction in the into-causative
Index of authors
Index of subjects
Index of metonymies and metaphors289
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