Variation in metonymy : cross-linguistic, historical and lectal perspectives / Weiwei Zhang.

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Zhang, Weiwei (Linguist) [author.]

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TextLanguage: English, Chinese Series: Cognitive linguistics research ; volume 59.Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 367 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9783110455830
3110455838
9783110455847
3110455846

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P301.5.M49 Z43 2016eb

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Contents:

Demarcation and variability of metonymy -- Metonymy in expressions -- The cross-linguistic perspective: metonymies for person -- The diachronic perspective: metonymies for woman -- The lectal perspective: metonymies for government.

Summary: The monograph presents new findings and perspectives in the study of variation in metonymy, both theoretical and methodological. Theoretically, it sheds light on metonymy from an onomasiological perspective, which helps to discover the different conceptual or lexical "pathways" through which a concept or a group of concepts has been designated by going back to the source concepts. In addition, it broadens the perspective of Cognitive Linguistics research on metonymy by looking into how metonymic conceptualization and usage may vary along various dimensions. Three case studies explore significant variation in metonymy across different languages, time periods, genres and social lects. Methodologically, the monograph responds to the call in Cognitive Linguistics to adopt usage-based empirical methodologies. The case studies show that quantification and statistical techniques constitute essential parts of an empirical analysis based on corpus data. The empirical findings demonstrate the essential need to extend research on metonymy in a variationist Cognitive Linguistics direction by studying metonymy's cultural, historical and social-lectal variation.

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The monograph presents new findings and perspectives in the study of variation in metonymy, both theoretical and methodological. Theoretically, it sheds light on metonymy from an onomasiological perspective, which helps to discover the different conceptual or lexical "pathways" through which a concept or a group of concepts has been designated by going back to the source concepts. In addition, it broadens the perspective of Cognitive Linguistics research on metonymy by looking into how metonymic conceptualization and usage may vary along various dimensions. Three case studies explore significant variation in metonymy across different languages, time periods, genres and social lects. Methodologically, the monograph responds to the call in Cognitive Linguistics to adopt usage-based empirical methodologies. The case studies show that quantification and statistical techniques constitute essential parts of an empirical analysis based on corpus data. The empirical findings demonstrate the essential need to extend research on metonymy in a variationist Cognitive Linguistics direction by studying metonymy's cultural, historical and social-lectal variation.

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