Metaphor and metonymy at the crossroads : a cognitive perspective

Metaphor and metonymy at the crossroads : a cognitive perspective / edited by Antonio Barcelona.

Metaphor and Metonymy at the Crossroads is a collection of essays, most of them written from a cognitive linguistics standpoint by leading specialists in the fields of conceptual metaphor and metonymy, and conceptual integration (blending). The book has two main goals. One of them is to discuss in n...

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Other Authors: Barcelona, Antonio, 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2003.
Subjects:
English language > Discourse analysis.
English language > Metonyms.
English language > Style.
Metaphor.
metaphor.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
English language > Discourse analysis
English language > Metonyms
English language > Style
Metaphor
Metonymie
Metapher
Metaforen.
Metonymie.
Cognitieve linguïstiek.
Stijlfiguren.
Língua inglesa (análise do discurso;gramática)
Lingüística cognitiva.
Metáfora.
Metonímia.
Englisch.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. The cognitive theory of metaphor and metonymy
  • The interaction of metaphor and metonymy, and other theoretical issues
  • On the plausibility of claiming a metonymic motivation for conceptual metaphor
  • Refining the Inheritance Hypothesis: Interaction between metaphoric and metonymic hierarchies
  • The scope of metaphor
  • How metonymic are metaphors?
  • The role of mappings and domains in understanding metonymy
  • Metaphor, metonymy, and binding Mark Turner and Gilles Fauconnier
  • Metaphor and metonymy in language structure and discourseMetaphor and metonymy in language structure
  • Patterns of meaning extension, “parallel chainingâ€?, subjectification, and modal shifts
  • Metaphor in semantic change
  • Straight from the heart â€? metonymic and metaphorical explorations
  • The EFFECT FOR CAUSE metonymy in English grammar
  • Metaphorical extension of may and must into the epistemic domain
  • Metaphor and metonymy in discourse
  • Poetry and the scope of metaphor: Toward a cognitive theory of literature
  • The cohesive role of cognitive metaphor in discourse and conversationMore metaphorical warfare in the Gulf: Orientalist frames in news coverage
  • Muted metaphors and the activation of metonymies in advertising
  • Author index
  • Subject index

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