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Metonymy, category broadening and narrowing, and vertical polysemy

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posted on 2023-06-08, 05:54 authored by Anu Koskela
This chapter examines the relationship between metonymy and cases of category broadening and narrowing and the resulting state of vertical polysemy (e.g., cat domestic cat > any feline and drink consume liquid > consume alcohol). Broadening and narrowing have been argued to be motivated by metonymic processes where a category member stands for the whole category or vice versa (Radden and Kvecses, 1999; cf. also Lakoff, 1987). Here, I show that there is a crucial difference between the domain structures involved in metonymy and in vertical polysemy. Unlike metonymies, broadening and narrowing do not involve a shift in the salience of domains (see Croft, 1993). Instead, I argue that there are four possible domain configurations that may underlie vertically related meanings.

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  • Published

Publisher

John Benjamins

Volume

28

Page range

125-146

Pages

22.0

Book title

Defining metonymy in cognitive linguistics: towards a consensus view

Place of publication

Amsterdam & Philadelphia

ISBN

9789027223821

Series

Human Cognitive Processing

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  • English Publications

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  • Yes

Editors

Réka Benczes, Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Antonio Barcelona

Legacy Posted Date

2012-07-09

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