Metaphor, metonymy and lexicogenesis:

"This book investigates the interaction between new English lexis and metaphor/metonymy - figures meticulously defined and contrasted in terms of similarity/contiguity. It advances three main hypotheses: (i) derived lexis is more likely to be figurative in meaning and usage than the bases from...

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Main Author: Goatly, Andrew 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company [2024]
Series:Human cognitive processing volume 78
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:"This book investigates the interaction between new English lexis and metaphor/metonymy - figures meticulously defined and contrasted in terms of similarity/contiguity. It advances three main hypotheses: (i) derived lexis is more likely to be figurative in meaning and usage than the bases from which it is derived; (ii) derivation obscures the figurative origins of this lexis to varying degrees depending on differing processing strategies; (iii) lexicalisation is determined by Relevance (in Sperber and Wilson's sense) to the needs of a culture or its powerful interest groups, where culture, following Norman Fairclough, is characterised as an ensemble of recognised action/discourse genres. This volume is distinctive in exploring the relations between grammar and metonymy and providing numerous examples of metaphorical and metonymic lexis as it reflects society's changing needs and (contested) ideologies"--
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XV, 348 Seiten)
ISBN:9789027246523
9027246521
DOI:10.1075/hcp.78

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