Metonymy and Metaphor in Grammar

Metonymy and Metaphor in Grammar
Author: Klaus-Uwe Panther
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027223793

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with the advent of Cognitive Linguistics, metonymy and metaphor are now recognized as being not only ornamental rhetorical tropes but fundamental figures of thought that shape, to a considerable extent, the conceptual structure of languages. The present volume goes even beyond this insight to propose that grammar itself is metonymical in nature (Langacker) and that conceptual metonymy and metaphor leave their imprints on lexicogrammatical structure.


Metonymy and Metaphor in Grammar
Language: en
Pages: 442
Authors: Klaus-Uwe Panther
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-29 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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Figurative language has been regarded traditionally as situated outside the realm of grammar. However, with the advent of Cognitive Linguistics, metonymy and me
Metaphor and Metonymy in Comparison and Contrast
Language: en
Pages: 621
Authors: René Dirven
Categories: Cognitive grammar
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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The book elaborates one of Roman Jakobson's many brilliant ideas, i.e. his insight that the two cognitive strategies of the metaphoric and the metonymic are the
Metaphor and Metonymy at the Crossroads
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Antonio Barcelona
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-24 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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Metaphor and Metonymy at the Crossroads is a collection of essays, most of them written from a cognitive linguistics standpoint by leading specialists in the fi
Metaphor and Metonymy Revisited Beyond the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Francisco Gonzálvez-García
Categories: Cognitive grammar
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher:

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The contributions in this volume go beyond the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor complementing it in a number of relevant ways. The contributions display an ample
Metaphor and Metonymy across Time and Cultures
Language: en
Pages: 299
Authors: Javier E. Díaz-Vera
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-11 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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This volume offers new insights into figurative language and its pervasive role as a factor of linguistic change. The case studies included in this book explore