The Puzzle of Vehicle Selection in Conceptual Metonymies / Hubert Kowalewski.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture ; 42. | Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2024Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- P301.5.M49
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Hubert Kowalewski -- Copyright Page / Hubert Kowalewski -- Chapter 1 Metatheoretical Orientation / Hubert Kowalewski -- Chapter 2 The Puzzle of Vehicle Selection / Hubert Kowalewski -- Chapter 3 Metonymies in Phonic Language / Hubert Kowalewski -- Chapter 4 Metonymies in Sign Language / Hubert Kowalewski -- Conclusion / Hubert Kowalewski.
When you use a metonymy to say "I've got a new set of wheels," why do you refer to a car by means of the wheels rather any other part? Most cognitive linguist would agree that we prefer to talk about parts that are somehow salient, yet the seemingly simple notion of salience is entangled in a number of intricate problems related to how we understand and talk about the surrounding reality. Adopting the theoretic framework of Ronald Langacker's Cognitive Grammar, this volume studies deep and general cognitive factors governing salience effects that influence the ways we use conceptual metonymies in phonic and sign languages.
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