Feyaerts studies the metonymic structure of everyday expressions of stupidity. For example, an expression such as 'Du bist wohl nicht von hier?' "You are not from here, are you?" exemplifies the metonymic folk model OUTGROUP ORIGIN FOR STUPIDITY. Feyaerts shows that metaphorically and metonymically organized hierarchies have major structural characteristics in common. Higher-level metonymies tend to be cross-culturally valid, while lower-level metonymies are more culture-specific. (Klaus-Uwe Panther and Günter Radden)