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Metaphors and the Invention of Writing [PDF]
Topics in Cognitive Science, Volume 18, Issue 1, Page 245-263, January 2026.Abstract The foundation of ancient, invented writing systems lies in the predominant iconicity of their sign shapes. However, these shapes are often used not for their referential meaning but in a metaphorical way, whereby one entity stands for another.
Ludovica Ottaviano +3 more
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The Effects of Working Memory Capacity in Metaphor and Metonymy Comprehension in Mandarin–English Bilinguals’ Minds: An fMRI Study [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2022 This study investigated the role of working memory capacity (WMC) in metaphoric and metonymic processing in Mandarin–English bilinguals’ minds. It also explored the neural correlations between metaphor and metonymy computations.
Chia-Hsin Yin, Fan-Pei Gloria Yang
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, 2019 AbstractThis chapter addresses metonymy, an operation that is used to refer to an entity by means of an expression that has a particular semantic or conceptual relation to that entity (e.g. ‘the ham sandwich’ referring to a customer at a restaurant or ‘the wooden turtle’ referring to an object on a shelf). It discusses different types and communicative
Schumacher, Petra B.
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A bibliometric analysis of metonymy in SSCI-indexed research (2000–2023): retrospect and prospect [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionMetonymy has gained increasing attention for its role in shaping language, thought, and communication. Despite its prominence, the thematic evolution and future directions of metonymy research remain underexplored. This study seeks to address
Yi Sun, Mocheng Lin
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Discourse, Semantics and Metonymy [PDF]
Cultura, Lenguaje y Representación, 2014 In current research on discourse analysis and on metonymy there is an idea that is missing: the study of the discourse potential of metonymic activity.
José Luis Otal Campo
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On Conceptual Potentials of Metonymy [PDF]
OALib, 2016 Metonymy is a more deeply embedded and ingrained capability of the human mind than classical approaches may tell. The cognitive turn in linguistics changed the point of view to the interaction between language and mind, thus, new approaches to understand what metonymy is might come into life.
Droessiger, Hans-Harry +1 more
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Neorealism, Metonymy, and the Question of Contingency [PDF]
, 2022 Since the publication of Roman Jakobson's famous 1956 essay "Two Aspects of Language and Two Types of Aphasic Disturbances," we have tended to read the relationship between metaphor and metonymy in dialectical terms.
Claviez, Thomas, Thomas Claviez
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Text Metaphtonymy: The interplay of metonymy and metaphor in discourse [PDF]
, 2018 This article starts by looking at the various ways metonymic and metaphoric thinking, as independent phenomena, organize text at discourse level. The literature on Metaphor in Discourse is classified under three broad categories, 'metaphor clusters ...
Denroche, C.
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Bibliography of Metaphor & Metonymy [PDF]
The Bibliography of Metaphor & Metonymy (MetBib) is a John Benjamins' project coordinated by Antonio Barcelona & Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñeza. MetBib is resource for anyone interested in metaphor, metonymy, and other figurative language.
CLAUDIA ROBERTA COMBEI
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The Discursive Metonymy in the Imagery of American Folklore Ballads
Психолінгвістика, 2020 Introduction. The article presents the effort to describe the semantics of American folklore ballads with account of the links between the images involved in the text creation.
Тетяна Суворова
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