Variation in Metonymy

Cross-linguistic, Historical and Lectal Perspectives

By:

Weiwei Zhang

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Hardback

Series:

Cognitive Linguistics Research (CLR)

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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.

Author Biography:

Weiwei Zhang, Shanghai International Studies University, China.

Release date Australia

April 11th, 2016

Author

Weiwei Zhang

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

10 Illustrations, color

Pages

380

Series

Cognitive Linguistics Research (CLR)

Dimensions

155x230x25

ISBN-13

9783110453522

Product ID

24968252

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