TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zhang,Weiwei
TI  - Variation in Metonymy: Cross-linguistic, Historical and Lectal Perspectives 
T2  - Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] ,
SN  - 9783110453522
AV  - P301.5.M49 Z43 2016
U1  - 306.44 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston
PB  - De Gruyter Mouton
KW  - Chinese language
KW  - Metonyms
KW  - Cognitive grammar
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Discourse analysis
KW  - Linguistic change
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Kognitive Linguistik
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Cognitive Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Metonymy, Cultural Studies
N1  - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgement --; List of Symbols --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part One: THEORETICAL PRELIMINARY --; 1. Demarcation and variability of metonymy --; 2. Metonymy in expressions --; Part Two: CASE STUDIES --; 3. The cross-linguistic perspective: Metonymies for PERSON --; 4. The diachronic perspective: Metonymies for WOMAN --; 5. The lectal perspective: Metonymies for GOVERNMENT --; Conclusion --; References --; Appendix --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - The monograph presents new findings and perspectives in the study of variation in metonymy, both theoretical and methodological. Theoretically, it sheds light on metonymy from an onomasiological perspective, which helps to discover the different conceptual or lexical "pathways" through which a concept or a group of concepts has been designated by going back to the source concepts. In addition, it broadens the perspective of Cognitive Linguistics research on metonymy by looking into how metonymic conceptualization and usage may vary along various dimensions. Three case studies explore significant variation in metonymy across different languages, time periods, genres and social lects. Methodologically, the monograph responds to the call in Cognitive Linguistics to adopt usage-based empirical methodologies. The case studies show that quantification and statistical techniques constitute essential parts of an empirical analysis based on corpus data. The empirical findings demonstrate the essential need to extend research on metonymy in a variationist Cognitive Linguistics direction by studying metonymy’s cultural, historical and social-lectal variation
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110455830
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110455830
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110455830/original
ER  -