Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics
Towards a consensus view
Published on 24. June 2011
Book
Hardback
284 pages
978-90-272-2382-1 (ISBN)
Description
While cognitive linguists are essentially in agreement on both the conceptual nature and the fundamental importance of metonymy, there remain disagreements on a number of specific but, nevertheless, crucial issues. Research questions include: Is metonymy a relationship between "entities" or "domains"? Is it necessarily referential? What is meant by the claim that metonymy is a "stand-for" relationship? Can metonymy be considered a mapping? How can it be distinguished from "active zones" or "facets"? Is it a prototype category? The ten contributions of the present volume address such core issues on the basis of the latest research results. The volume is unique in being devoted exclusively to the delimitation of the notion of metonymy without ignoring points of divergence among the various contributors, thus paving the way towards a consensual conception of metonymy.
Reviews / Votes
All in all, it cannot be denied that Benzces et al.'s ambitious work is certainly valuable for its wise and insightful discussion of the nature of metonymy and its related semantic phenomena. -- Olga Isabel Diez Velasco, University of La Rioja, in Review of Cognitive Linguistics 10:1 (2012)More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
+ index
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
710 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-2382-1 (9789027223821)
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Réka Benczes | Antonio Barcelona | Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez
Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics
Towards a consensus view
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Content
1. List of contributors; 2. Introduction (by Barcelona, Antonio); 3. Reviewing the properties and prototype structure of metonymy (by Barcelona, Antonio); 4. Part I. Metonymy and related cognitive, semantic, and rhetorical phenomena; 5. Metonymization: A key mechanism in semantic change (by Paradis, Carita); 6. Zones, facets, and prototype-based metonymy (by Geeraerts, Dirk); 7. Metonymy and cognitive operations (by Ruiz de Mendoza Ibanez, Francisco Jose); 8. Metonymy, category broadening and narrowing, and vertical polysemy (by Koskela, Anu); 9. Metonymy at the crossroads: A case of euphemisms and dysphemisms (by Gradecak-Erdeljic, Tanja); 10. The role of metonymy in complex tropes: Cognitive operations and pragmatic implications (by Herrero Ruiz, Javier); 11. Part II. Metonymy and metonymic chains as mappings or processes within domain matrices/networks; 12. Putting the notion of "domain" back into metonymy: Evidence from compounds (by Benczes, Reka); 13. What do metonymic chains reveal about the nature of metonymy? (by Brdar-Szabo, Rita); 14. Metonymic matrix domains and multiple formations in indirect speech acts (by Chen, Xianglan); 15. Authors' biodata; 16. Metaphor and metonymy index; 17. Name index; 18. Subject index