1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465366303321

Autore

Zhang Weiwei

Titolo

Variation in metonymy : cross-linguistic, historical and lectal perspectives / / Weiwei Zhang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

3-11-045365-7

3-11-045583-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Collana

Cognitive Linguistics Research, , 1861-4132 ; ; Volume 59

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Cognitive grammar - Social aspects

Discourse analysis - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgement -- List of Symbols -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Demarcation and variability of metonymy -- 2. Metonymy in expressions -- 3. The cross-linguistic perspective: Metonymies for PERSON -- 4. The diachronic perspective: Metonymies for WOMAN -- 5. The lectal perspective: Metonymies for GOVERNMENT -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964352503321

Autore

Epstein Steven

Titolo

Inclusion : the politics of difference in medical research / / Steven Epstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007

ISBN

9786611956790

9781281956798

1281956791

9780226213118

0226213110

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (427 p.)

Collana

Chicago studies in practices of meaning

Disciplina

610.72

Soggetti

Medicine - Research - Social aspects - United States

Human experimentation in medicine - Social aspects - United States

Clinical trials - Social aspects - United States

Minorities - Medical care - United States

Health and race - United States

Social medicine - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-394) and index.

Nota di contenuto

How to study a biopolitical paradigm -- Histories of the human subject -- The rise of resistance : framing the critique of the standard human -- The path to reform : aligning categories, targeting the state -- Opposition to reform : controversy, closure, and boundary work -- Formalizing the new regime -- From the standard human to niche standardization -- Counts and consequences : monitoring compliance



-- The science of recruitmentology and the politics of trust -- To profile or not to profile : what difference does race make? -- Sex differences and the new politics of women's health -- Whither the paradigm?

Sommario/riassunto

With Inclusion, Steven Epstein argues that strategies to achieve diversity in medical research mask deeper problems, ones that might require a different approach and different solutions. Formal concern with this issue, Epstein shows, is a fairly recent phenomenon. Until the mid-1980s, scientists often studied groups of white, middle-aged men—and assumed that conclusions drawn from studying them would apply to the rest of the population. But struggles involving advocacy groups, experts, and Congress led to reforms that forced researchers to diversify the population from which they drew for clin