Vol. 4. No. 1 ( 9.2003)
Editorial
Page 5 - 9
Introduction: Metonymy across languages
Hamburg University, Department of English and American Studies, Hamburg
Hamburg University, Department of English and American Studies, Hamburg
Abstract:
Original scientific article
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Names: A metonymic “return ticket” in five languages
E-mail: abs@um.es
University of Murcia
Abstract: In recent years cognitive linguists have shown that many grammatical structures
are motivated by metonymic principles. The goal of this article is to
demonstrate the role of metonymy in the emergence ...
Original scientific article
Eötvös Loránd University
Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Osijeku
Abstract: Since both metonymy and metaphor are, in the framework of cognitive
linguistics, taken to be basic and universally attested processes that help
shape conceptual structures and linguistic expressions, ...
Original scientific article
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Metonymy and lexical aspect in English and French
E-mail: panther@uni-hamburg.de
Department of English and American Studies, Hamburg University
Department of English and American Studies, Hamburg University
Abstract: In this paper we provide evidence that conceptual metonymies are
cross-linguistically significant in the coding of verbal aspect. Guillemin-
Flescher (1981: Ch. 2), in an important contrastive study o...
Original scientific article
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High-level modal metonymies in English and Spanish
E-mail: francisco.ruiz@dfm.unirioja.es
Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño, Departamento de Filologías Modernas, Edificio de Filología
Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño, Departamento de Filologías Modernas, Edificio de Filología
Abstract: has been brought to the fore in recent works by Thornburg and Panther
(1997), Panther and Thornburg (1999), Radden and Kövecses (1999),
Ruiz de Mendoza and Pérez (2001), and Ruiz de Mendoza and Otal
(...
Original scientific article
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High-level action metonymies in English and Spanish
E-mail: francisco.ruiz@dfm.unirioja.es
Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño, Departamento de Filologías Modernas, Edificio de Filología
Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño, Departamento de Filologías Modernas, Edificio de Filología
Abstract: In this paper we postulate the existence of two high-level metonymies,
ACTION FOR PROCESS and ACTION FOR (ASSESSED) RESULT, that we believe
correlate respectively with cases of the causative/inchoativ...
Original scientific article
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Mappings in conceptual space: Metonymy, metaphor, and iconicity in two signed languages
E-mail: wilcox@unm.edu
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Universitat de Barcelona
Abstract: In this paper we present lexical data documenting the interaction of metonymy,
metaphor, and iconicity in two signed languages, American
Sign Language (ASL) and Catalan Sign Language (LSC). The basis ...
