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Aspects of meaning construction / edited by Günter Radden ... [et al.].

Title
  1. Aspects of meaning construction / edited by Günter Radden ... [et al.].
Published by
  1. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, c2007.

Details

Additional authors
  1. Radden, Günter.
Description
  1. x, 287 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  1. Grammar, Comparative and general
  2. Metaphor
  3. Metonyms
  4. Semantics
Genre/Form
  1. Aufsatzsammlung.
Contents
  1. Introduction : the construction of meaning in language -- 1. Experimental tests of figurative meaning construction / Raymond Gibbs, Jr. -- 2. High-level metaphor and metonymy in meaning construction / Francisco Josi Ruiz de Mendoza Ibanez and Ricardo Mairal Uson -- 3. The role of metonymy in meaning construction at discourse level : a case study / Antonio Barcelona -- 4. Chained metonymies in lexicon and grammar : a cross-linguistic perspective on body part terms / Martin Hilpert -- 5. Arguing the case against coercion / Debra Ziegeler -- 6. When Zidane is not simply Zidane, and Bill Gates is not just Bill Gates : some thoughts on the construction of metaphtonymic meanings of proper names / Mario Brdar and Rita Brdar-Szabo.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Processing action (note)
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