Contents 1 Theoretical Framework and Historical Background 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Rhetoric and text linguistics 1.2 Figurative language and text linguistics 1.3 Metonymy in western rhetoric 1.4 Metonymy in Arabic rhetoric 2 Metonymy in Modern Figurative Theory 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Theories of metonymy 3 Metonymy and Semiotics 3.0 Introduction 3.1 Semiotics: a general perspective 3.2 On the notion of signification 3.3 On representational semiotics and metonymy 3.4 Metonymic aspects of the linguistic sign 3.5 A relational model of metonymic signification 3.6 A textual model of metonymy 4 Metonymy and Text Cohesion 4.0 Introduction 4.1 Metonymy and cohesion 5 Metonymy and Text Coherence 5.0 Introduction 5.1 Metonymy and schema theory 5.2 Metonymy and schemata 5.3 Metonymy and scripts 5.4 Metonymy and scenarios 5.5 Metonymy and plans 5.6 Metonymy and goals