Metonymy in Language, Thought and Brain - Bogusław Bierwiaczonek
Metonymy in pragmatics
Metonymy in Language, Thought and Brain - Bogusław Bierwiaczonek
Bogusław Bierwiaczonek [+]
University of Częstochowa
Bogusław Bierwiaczonek is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Częstochowa in Poland. His most recent publications include Studies in Cognitive Semantics (co-edited with Anna Turula, Wydawnictwo WSL, 2010) and Syntax in Cognitive Grammar (co-edited with Bożena Cetnarowska and Anna Turula, Wydawnictwo WSL, 2011).
Description
This chapter shows that numerous linguistic facts can be explained in terms of metonymic mappings, acting on conceptual structures known as cognitive models and scenarios. Moreover, it explains that it is possible to account for a number of propositional as well as illocutionary transfers of meaning in particular contexts in terms of the same basic cognitive metonymic mechanism.