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In:Conceptual Metonymy: Methodological, theoretical, and descriptive issues
Edited by Olga Blanco-Carrión, Antonio Barcelona and Rossella Pannain
[Human Cognitive Processing 60] 2018
► pp. 55–74

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Chapter 2
Conventionality and linguistic domain(s) involved in the characterization of metonymies (for the creation of a detailed typology of metonymy)

 | Universidad de Córdoba
Published online: 17 May 2018
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Abstract
This is the second of three chapters devoted to the presentation of a set of criteria included in a database resulting from a project on the characterization of conceptual metonymy. It discusses Fields 5 and 7 of the database entry model, concerning conventionality, either conceptual or conceptual and linguistic, and the linguistic levels where metonymies operate (grammatical rank, meaning, form, grammatical process, and function).
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Discussion of Field 5: Conventionality
  • 3.Discussion of Field 7: Linguistic domains/levels at which the metonymy is attested
    • 3.1Grammatical rank
    • 3.2Meaning
    • 3.3Constructional form
    • 3.4Grammatical process involved
    • 3.5Main function
    • 4.Summary and conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
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