Metaphor and metonymy at the crossroads : a cognitive perspective /

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Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2000.
Description:x, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Topics in English linguistics 30
Subject:Metaphor.
English language -- Discourse analysis.
English language -- Metonyms.
English language -- Style.
English language -- Discourse analysis.
English language -- Metonyms.
English language -- Style.
Metaphor.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4317177
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Other authors / contributors:Barcelona, Antonio, 1952-
ISBN:3110163039 (acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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
  • Metaphor and metonymy in language structure and discourse
  • Metaphor and metonymy in language structure
  • Patterns of meaning extension, "parallel chaining", subjectification, and modal shifts
  • Metaphor in semantic change
  • Straight from the heart--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 conversation
  • More metaphorical warfare in the Gulf: Orientalist frames in news coverage
  • Muted metaphors and the activation of metonymies in advertising
  • Author index
  • Subject index