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OverviewWhile cognitive linguists are essentially in agreement on both the conceptual nature and the fundamental importance of metonymy, there remain disagreements on a number of specific but, nevertheless, crucial issues. Research questions include: Is metonymy a relationship between “entities” or “domains”? Is it necessarily referential? What is meant by the claim that metonymy is a “stand-for” relationship? Can metonymy be considered a mapping? How can it be distinguished from “active zones” or “facets”? Is it a prototype category? The ten contributions of the present volume address such core issues on the basis of the latest research results. The volume is unique in being devoted exclusively to the delimitation of the notion of metonymy without ignoring points of divergence among the various contributors, thus paving the way towards a consensual conception of metonymy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Réka Benczes (Eötvös Loránd University) , Antonio Barcelona (University of Córdoba) , Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez (University of La Rioja)Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co Volume: 28 Weight: 0.710kg ISBN: 9789027223821ISBN 10: 9027223823 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 24 June 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAll in all, it cannot be denied that Benzces et al.'s ambitious work is certainly valuable for its wise and insightful discussion of the nature of metonymy and its related semantic phenomena. -- Olga Isabel Diez Velasco, University of La Rioja, in Review of Cognitive Linguistics 10:1 (2012) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |