Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics: Towards a Consensus View

Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics
Editorial page
Title page
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Table of contents
List of contributors
Introduction
	1. Background
	2. Aim and structure of the volume
	References
Reviewing the properties and prototype structure of metonymy
	1. Introduction
	2. Problematic properties affecting the standard cognitive-linguistic notion of metonymy
		2.1 “Entities” or “domains”?
		2.2 Is metonymy necessarily connected to an act of reference?
		2.3 What is meant by saying that metonymy is a “stand-for” relationship?
		2.4 Mapping, “domain highlighting”, activation, and directionality in metonymy
		2.5 whole for part metonymies, degrees in metonymicity and prototype-based vs. unitary definitions of metonymy
		2.6 Metonymic and non-metonymic “reference point phenomena”
		2.7 Is there any difference between metonymy and such phenomena as “contextual modulation”, “facets”, and active-zone / profile discrepancy?
		2.8 The conventionalization of metonymy
	3. Problematic properties affecting the standard criteria in the distinction between metaphor and metonymy
		3.1 Problems derived from the notion of “domain”
		3.2 A linguistic expression may sometimes be interpreted, on the basis of context, background knowledge or the interpreter’s choice, as metaphorical, metonymic, or as a combination of both
		3.3 Interaction of metaphor and metonymy
	4. Summary and conclusions. Revised general definitions of metonymy and metaphor
		4.1 Revised definitions of schematic metonymy and of metaphor
	References
Part I. Metonymy and related cognitive, semantic, and rhetorical phenomena
	Metonymization: A key mechanism in semantic change
		1. Introduction
		2. Lexical Meaning as Ontologies and Construals (LOC)
		3. Metonymization and zone activation
		4. Metonymization and change
		5. From contentful to contentful meanings
		6. From contentful to configurational meanings
		7. Conclusion
		References
	Zones, facets, and prototype-based metonymy
		1. Introduction
		2. Dogs and cigarettes
		3. Kettles and telephones
		4. Books and trumpets
			4.1 Pragmatics
			4.2 Syntax
			4.3 Semantics
		5. Conclusions
		References
	Metonymy and cognitive operations
		1. Introduction
		2. Types of cognitive operation
			2.1 Formal operations
			2.2 Content operations
		3. Conclusion
		References
	Metonymy, category broadening and narrowing, and vertical polysemy
		1. Introduction
		2. Vertical polysemy
		3. Metonymy
		4. Metonymy and vertical polysemy in encyclopedic semantics
			4.1 Metonymy in encyclopedic semantics
			4.2 Vertical relations in encyclopedic semantics
		5. Vertical polysemy and metonymy: Discussion
		6. Conclusion
		References
	Metonymy at the crossroads: A case of euphemisms and dysphemisms
		1. Introduction
		2. Metonymy in euphemisms and dysphemisms
		3. Case studies
			3.1 The euphemism body count
			3.2 The dysphemism chickenhawk
		4. A glance at conceptual and linguistic borrowing
		5. Conclusion
		References
	The role of metonymy in complex tropes: Cognitive operations and pragmatic implications
		1. Introduction
		2. icms and tropes
		3. The role of metonymy in complex tropes
			3.1 Irony
			3.1 Irony
			3.2 Oxymoron
			3.3 Overstatement
			3.4 Understatement
			3.5 Euphemism and dysphemism
		4. Conclusion
		References
Part II. Metonymy and metonymic chains as mappings or processes within domain matrices/networks
	Putting the notion of “domain” back into metonymy: Evidence from compounds
		1. The single domain-based approach to metonymy
		What do metonymic chains reveal about the nature of metonymy?
		2. Why domains are indeed necessary:Evidence from noun–noun compounds
		3. Metonymy as a domain network of conceptual relationships
		4. Contiguity or association?
		5. Domains: Tentative evidence from psycholinguistics
		6. Conclusion
		References
	Metonymic matrix domains and multiple formations in indirect speech acts
		1. Introduction
		2. Ruiz de Mendoza’s double metonymy
		3. Matrix domains and multiple formations
			3.1 Matrix domains with one source and various possible target domains
			3.2 Matrix domain with various sources and one target
		4. Conclusion
		References
		Appendix 1
		Appendix 2
Authors’ biodata
Metaphor and metonymy index
Name index
Subject index