Metonymy in Frames: The Role of Functional Relations in Contiguity-Based Semantic Shifts of Nouns

Anselm L. Terhalle

Published by düsseldorf university press 2023

Metonymy in Frames

The Role of Functional Relations in Contiguity-Based Semantic Shifts of Nouns

Anselm L. Terhalle

In the series Dissertations in Language and Cognition

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110755459

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This work refines the notion of metonymy and the underlying notion of conceptual contiguity by describing a fundamental structural property of metonymy.

Studied since antiquity, metonymy is a ubiquitous mechanism of meaning construction in context that involves a linguistically coded source concept that directs attention to a situationally relevant target concept. Modelling metonymic contiguity by means of recursive attribute-value structures, inspired by findings from cognitive psychology, suggests that the metonymic relation depends largely on the functionality of the source with respect to the target.

Based on this structural property, several patterns can be identified as potential bases for metonymic shifts. How these shifts are coded on the linguistic surface varies depending on whether the focus within the relevant frame is more on the source (metonymy closer to literal use) or more on the target (metonymy closer to word formation). Furthermore, decomposing the contiguity relation into functional relations hints at a potential conceptual distance between the source and target. This approach contributes to understanding the boundaries and possibilities of metonymy.

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Anselm L. Terhalle, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	XVII
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XIX
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Mentally Representing the World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
3 Frames: A Recursive Format for Mental Knowledge Representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
4 Meaning: Stability and Flexibility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
5 Metonymy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
6 A Way of Analysing Metonymy in Frames Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
7 Integrating Received Knowledge of Metonymy into Frames Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
8 Source Focus versus Target Focus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
9 Metonymy and Directionality: Patterns in Non-Relational Frames Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
10 Metonymy and Directionality: Patterns in Relational Frames Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
11 Conceptual Distance in Metonymy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
12 Summary and Discussion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: düsseldorf university press
Audience: Scientists in the Field of Linguistics, Cognitive Semantics and Frame Semantics
Pages
- Front matter: 20
- Main content: 221
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 58
- Tables: 2
Keywords: Metonymy; Contiguity; Functional Relation; Frame

eBook

Published: December 5, 2022
ISBN: 9783110755459

Paperback

Published: December 5, 2022
ISBN: 9783110755282