Variation in Metonymy
Cross-linguistic, Historical and Lectal Perspectives
Published on 11. April 2016
Book
Mixed media product
XIII, 367 pages
978-3-11-045584-7 (ISBN)
Description
This monograph provides new insights into variation in metonymy, focusing especially on changes of naming with respect to a particular concept. Its systematically designed and presented case studies delineate how both linguistic and cultural-social factors exert an influence on metonymic conceptualization, and demonstrate the importance of corpus data and quantitative methods in exploring and visualizing metonymic variation.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
Includes a print version and an ebook
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-11-045584-7 (9783110455847)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Weiwei Zhang, Shanghai International Studies University, China.