Metonymy and pragmatic inferencing
By: edited by Klaus-Uwe Panther, Linda L. Thornburg
Contributors: International Pragmatics Conference (7th : 2000 : Budapest, Hungary)
Series: Pragmatics & beyond -- new. ser. v. 113; Pragmatics & beyond -- new ser., 113.
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9789027296443
Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; Linguistics; Pragmatique; Linguistic change; Changement linguistique; Inference; Speech acts (Linguistics); Congresses; Pragmatics; Metonyms; Sociolinguistics; Congrès; Métonymie; Inférence (Logique); Actes de parole
Description: In recent years, conceptual metonymy has been recognized as a cognitive phenomenon that is as fundamental as metaphor for reasoning and the construction of meaning. The thoroughly revised chapters in the present volume originated as presentations in a workshop organized by the editors for the 7th International Pragmatics Conference held in Budapest in 2000. They constitute, according to an anonymous reviewer, "an interesting contribution to both cognitive linguistics and pragmatics." The contributions aim to bridge the gap, and encourage discussion, between cognitive linguists and scholars wor.
Notes: Revisions of papers presented in the workshop Metonymy and Pragmatic Inferencing organized for the 7th International Pragmatics Conference held in Budapest, Hungary, July 7-14, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Table of contents: title: Metonymy and Pragmatic Inferencing; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication page; Table of contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Background and purpose of the volume; 2. Some properties of conceptual metonymy; 3. Metonymy and pragmatic inferencing; 4. The contributions to this volume; 5. Prospects for studies in metonymy; Notes; References; Part 1. The place of metonymy in cognition and pragmatics; Cognitive operations and pragmatic implication; Metonymy and conceptual blending; The case for a metonymic basis of pragmatic inferencing.