03446nam 2200589 450 991079810460332120230126214333.03-11-045365-73-11-045583-810.1515/9783110455830(CKB)3710000000656181(EBL)4508536(MiAaPQ)EBC4508536(DE-B1597)460321(OCoLC)947083957(DE-B1597)9783110455830(Au-PeEL)EBL4508536(CaPaEBR)ebr11207605(CaONFJC)MIL915592(OCoLC)950463264(EXLCZ)99371000000065618120160519h20162016 uy 0gerur|nu---|u||urdacontentrdamediardacarrierVariation in metonymy cross-linguistic, historical and lectal perspectives /Weiwei ZhangBerlin, [Germany] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :De Gruyter Mouton,2016.©20161 online resource (382 p.)Cognitive Linguistics Research,1861-4132 ;Volume 59Description based upon print version of record.3-11-045352-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexThe 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.Cognitive linguistics research ;Volume 59.Cognitive grammarSocial aspectsDiscourse analysisSocial aspectsCognitive Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Metonymy, Cultural Studies.Cognitive grammarSocial aspects.Discourse analysisSocial aspects.306.44Zhang Weiwei720355MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798104603321Variation in Metonymy1399542UNINA