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

• Autore: Zhang Weiwei
• Pubblicazione: Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.44
• Soggetto topico: Cognitive grammar - Social aspects; Discourse analysis - Social aspects
• Soggetto non controllato: Cognitive Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Metonymy, Cultural Studies
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Variation in Metonymy
• ISBN: 3-11-045365-7; 3-11-045583-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Record Nr.: 9910822580603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cognitive linguistics research ; ; Volume 59.