Linguistic Metonymy: Implicitness and Co-Activation of Mental Content (Metalinguistica)
Linguistic Metonymy: Implicitness and Co-Activation of Mental Content (Metalinguistica)
Tóth
Subjects: Language and languages
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Over the past few decades, cognitive linguistic research has turned metonymy from the "poor sister" of metaphor into a ubiquitous conceptual phenomenon. However, this broad notion of metonymy might run the risk of becoming too unrestricted and vacuous. In order to come to grips with the problem, the author proposes a narrower definition of metonymy, according to which linguistic metonymies co-activate the source, the target, and the relation between them so that only the target is expressed linguistically. Furthermore, he argues for a typology of metonymies based on the mental contents they involve. These results may not only prevent that the category of metonymy will become unlimited but may also take us a step closer to enhancing the empirical study of metonymic phenomena.
About the Author
Máté Tóth studied English and German. He received his PhD in theoretical linguistics. Currently, he is a junior lecturer at the Department of German Linguistics at the University of Debrecen (Hungary). His research interests include metonymy, metaphor, and their role in meaning construction.
Over the past few decades, cognitive linguistic research has turned metonymy from the "poor sister" of metaphor into a ubiquitous conceptual phenomenon. However, this broad notion of metonymy might run the risk of becoming too unrestricted and vacuous. In order to come to grips with the problem, the author proposes a narrower definition of metonymy, according to which linguistic metonymies co-activate the source, the target, and the relation between them so that only the target is expressed linguistically. Furthermore, he argues for a typology of metonymies based on the mental contents they involve. These results may not only prevent that the category of metonymy will become unlimited but may also take us a step closer to enhancing the empirical study of metonymic phenomena.
About the Author
Máté Tóth studied English and German. He received his PhD in theoretical linguistics. Currently, he is a junior lecturer at the Department of German Linguistics at the University of Debrecen (Hungary). His research interests include metonymy, metaphor, and their role in meaning construction.
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Publisher/Supplier: Peter Lang
Date Published: 2018-11-19
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 363173252X
Language: en
Pages: 246
Length: 5.499989 inches,width: 0.81 inches,height: 8.499983 inches
Low stock: 10 left
