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Publication details [#2129]
Barcelona, Antonio. 2002. Clarifying and applying the notions of metaphor and metonymy within cognitive linguistics: An update In Dirven, René and Ralf Pörings. Metaphor and Metonymy in Comparison and Contrast (Cognitive Linguistics Research 20). Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter . pp. 207–277. 71 pp. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
activation | active zone | active zone metonymy | chained metonymies | cognitive semantics | conceptual domain | conceptual metaphor theory | conceptual metonymy theory | interaction theory of metaphor | invariance hypothesis | mapping | methodology | metonymic chain | metonymicity | subdomain | submapping | submetonymy | two-domain approach | unidirectionality
Place, Publisher
Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter
Abstract
The present paper has both a theoretical and a pedagogical outlook. The cognitive theories of metaphor and metonymy (CTMM), in the author's view, present some minor deficiencies which have to be overcome if they are to be easily applicable in linguistic and literary research. Moreover the researcher attempting to apply these theories must be given some clear guidelines helping him to decide as confidently as possible whether a given portion of a text is the expression of a conventional metaphor, of a conventional metonymy, or of both, and he must also be able to identify the kind of metaphor or metonymy that is at work, and the kind of interaction between them.
The article is, in its first part, a contribution to the clarification of some of the theoretical problems. The second part is a case study, through which a methodology is suggested for the application of the CTMM.
(Antonio Barcelona)