In:Metaphor, Metonymy and Lexicogenesis
Andrew Goatly
[Human Cognitive Processing 78] 2024
► pp. 139–169
Chapter 6Probability of metaphor and metonymy in derivation
Published online: 8 November 2024
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.78.c6
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.78.c6
Article outline
- 6.1Introduction
- 6.2The hypothesis
- 6.3Method
- 6.4Evidence from Macmillan’s English Dictionary
- 6.4.1Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation for conversions
- 6.4.2Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation for suffixation
- 6.4.3Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation for pre-fixation
- 6.4.4Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation
for compounds - 6.4.5Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation
for phrasal verbs - 6.4.6Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation
for one-phrase idioms - 6.4.7Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation
for two phrase idioms
- 6.5Summary and conclusion
Notes
