In:Metonymy and Metaphor in Grammar
Edited by Klaus-Uwe Panther, Linda L. Thornburg and Antonio Barcelona
[Human Cognitive Processing 25] 2009
► pp. v–viii
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Published online: 29 July 2009
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.25.toc
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Table of contents
Editors and contributors
Prefacexiii
Introduction: On figuration in grammar
Metonymic grammar
Part 1. Word class meaning and word formation73
Nouns are THINGS: Evidence for a grammatical metaphor?
The role of metonymy in word formation: Brazilian Portuguese agent noun constructions
The metonymic basis of a 'semantic partial': Tagalog lexical constructions with ka-
Part 2. Case and aspect145
A new model of metaphorization: Case semantics in East Caucasian
Aspect and metonymy in the French passé simple
Part 3. Proper names and noun phrases197
Generic reference in English: A metonymic and conceptual blending analysis
The (non-)metonymic use of place names in English, German, Hungarian, and Croatian
Metonymies we live without
Part 4. Predicate and clause constructions275
FORM IS MOTION: Dynamic predicates in English architectural discourse
A metonymic analysis of Singaporean and Malaysian English causative constructions
Metonymy in indirect directives: Stand-alone conditionals in English, German, Hungarian, and Croatian
Part 5. Metonymic and metaphoric motivations of grammatical meaning337
The metonymic and metaphoric grounding of two image-schema transformations
Motivation of construction meaning and form: The roles of metonymy and inference
Metonymy and metaphor index
Name index
Subject index
