Metonymy in Language, Thought and Brain - Bogusław Bierwiaczonek

Metonymy in Language, Thought and Brain - Bogusław Bierwiaczonek

Formal metonymy

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).

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This chapter focuses on formal metonymy, which is the metonymy based on a formal relation between the vehicle and the target. The most obvious cases of formal metonymy are alphabetisms, acronyms, clips and various kinds of ellipsis in syntax. Examples of such formal metonyms are further discussed. In addition, it is shown that formal metonymy may underlie a number of spelling conventions as well as syntactic and pragmatic phenomena.

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Bierwiaczonek, Boguslaw. Formal metonymy. Metonymy in Language, Thought and Brain. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 61-108 May 2013. ISBN 9781908049346. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=21080. Date accessed: 09 Dec 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.21080. May 2013

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