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.