Metonymy, category broadening and narrowing, and vertical polysemy

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dc.contributor.authorKoskela, Anuen
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-16T08:45:09Z
dc.date.available2012-05-16T08:45:09Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThis chapter examines the relationship between metonymy and cases of category broadening and narrowing and the resulting state of vertical polysemy (e.g., cat ‘domestic cat’ > ‘any feline’ and drink ‘consume liquid’ > ‘consume alcohol’). Broadening and narrowing have been argued to be motivated by metonymic processes where a category member stands for the whole category or vice versa (Radden and Kövecses, 1999; cf. also Lakoff, 1987). Here, I show that there is a crucial difference between the domain structures involved in metonymy and in vertical polysemy. Unlike metonymies, broadening and narrowing do not involve a shift in the salience of domains (see Croft, 1993). Instead, I argue that there are four possible domain configurations that may underlie vertically related meanings.en
dc.identifier.citationKoskela, A. (2011) Metonymy, category broadening and narrowing, and vertical polysemy. In: Benczes, R., et al. (eds.), Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics: Towards a consensus view. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 125–146en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.28.07kos
dc.identifier.isbn9789027223821
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/6019
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.publisherJohn Benjaminsen
dc.ref2014.selected1365776196_0211620095334_29_1
dc.researchgroupEnglish Research Groupen
dc.researchinstituteInstitute of Englishen
dc.subjectlinguisticsen
dc.subjectcognitionen
dc.subjectmetonymyen
dc.subjectpolysemyen
dc.titleMetonymy, category broadening and narrowing, and vertical polysemyen
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