Metonymy in Grammar and Discourse Comprehension - Five Case Studies

This volume, written by a foremost expert, is a fascinating contribution to cognitive-linguistic research on metonymy analyzing authentic texts. Its five studies expand current metonymy theory by providing evidence that metonymies regularly occur at more than one analytical level of the same utterance and that they chain to each other in discourse following certain patterns. Several analytical notions are developed or refined, such as "inferential / metonymic chain", "cascading", "salience factor grid", etc. The role of metonymy in numerous constructional forms and meanings and in discourse-pragmatic meaning is clearly demonstrated in the book.

About the author

Antonio Barcelona,
Emeritus (Full) Professor of the University of Córdoba, Spain.

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Barcelona
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2024
• EAN: 9783111569277
• ISBN: 978-3-11-156927-7
• No. of pages: 584
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 36 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 982 g
• Illustrations: 4 b/w and 5 col. ill., 34 b/w tbl.
• Series: Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Diskurs, Englisch, Metapher, Morphologie, Syntax, Grammatik, Syntax und Morphologie, Semantik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik, Linguistics, Metonymie, Kognitive Linguistik, Grammar, syntax & morphology, LAN009060 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Multilevel Operation of Metonymy, Metonymic Chaining, Discourse-Pragmatic Meaning., Constructional Meaning and Form, Conceptual Metonymy