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In:Studies in Figurative Thought and Language
Edited by Angeliki Athanasiadou
[Human Cognitive Processing 56] 2017
► pp. 125–149

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Chapter 5
How metonymy and grammar interact

Some effects and constraints in a cross-linguistic perspective

 | University of Osijek and ELTE, Budapest
 | University of Osijek and ELTE, Budapest
Published online: 26 April 2017
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Abstract
It is often assumed that the relationship between metonymy and grammar is one-way traffic. By applying a cross-linguistic perspective in studying the relationship between grammar and metonymy to the example of so-called embellished clippings and local genitive constructions (arising via an anti-associative-like stage) we demonstrate that whether a certain type of metonymy is available in a given language is dependent on the ecological conditions present in the system (including its word-formation system). The relationship between grammar and metonymy is quite complex: it often involves genuine two-way interaction, and it is often a whole cluster of interrelated structural facts that can formally align potential metonymic source expressions and thus facilitate or, conversely, pre-empt the application of a given metonymy.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.How metonymy and grammar interact
    • 2.1Clippings across languages
    • 2.2From vehicles and locatives to (anti-associative) plurals and collectives via genitives
  • 3.Summing up
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
  • Abbreviations
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