In:Metaphor, Metonymy and Lexicogenesis
Andrew Goatly
[Human Cognitive Processing 78] 2024
► pp. 74–91
Chapter 3Problems in distinguishing metaphor and metonymy
Published online: 8 November 2024
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.78.c3
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.78.c3
Article outline
- 3.1Introduction
- 3.2The overlap between metaphor and metonymy
- 3.3The experiential hypothesis and metonymic origins
of metaphor themes- negative emotion is discomfort/pain
- negative emotion is hurt/injury
- happiness/hope is light
- sadness/pessimism is dark
- 3.4Literalisation or situational triggering
- 3.5Substitution and combination interdependence
- 3.6Analogy and abstract concretisation
- 3.7Feature selection as metonymic or metaphoric
- 3.8Grounds as potentially metonymic
- 3.9Contingent or possible features in metonymy and metaphor
- 3.10Metaphtonomy
- 3.11Simultaneous metonymy and metaphor
- 3.12A cline from metonymy to metaphor?
