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Réka Benczes

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Description:Metaphorical and metonymical compounds novel and lexicalised ones alike are remarkably abundant in language. Yet how can we be sure that when using an expression such as "land fishing "in order to speak about metal detecting, the referent will be immediately understood even if the hearer had not been previously familiar with the compound? Accordingly, this book sets out to explore whether the semantics of metaphorical and metonymical noun noun combinations can be systematically analysed within a theoretical framework, where systematicity pertains to regularities in both the cognitive "processes" and the "products" of these processes, that is, the compounds themselves. Backed up by recent psycholinguistic evidence, the book convincingly demonstrates that such compounds are not semantically opaque as it has been formerly claimed: they can in fact be analysed and accounted for within a cognitive linguistic framework, by the combined application of metaphor, metonymy, blending, profile determinacy and schema theory; and represent the creative and associative word formation processes that we regularly apply in everyday language.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Creative Compounding in English: The Semantics of Metaphorical and Metonymical Noun-Noun Combinations. To get started finding Creative Compounding in English: The Semantics of Metaphorical and Metonymical Noun-Noun Combinations, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 206

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Release: 2006

ISBN: 902729318X

Description: Metaphorical and metonymical compounds novel and lexicalised ones alike are remarkably abundant in language. Yet how can we be sure that when using an expression such as "land fishing "in order to speak about metal detecting, the referent will be immediately understood even if the hearer had not been previously familiar with the compound? Accordingly, this book sets out to explore whether the semantics of metaphorical and metonymical noun noun combinations can be systematically analysed within a theoretical framework, where systematicity pertains to regularities in both the cognitive "processes" and the "products" of these processes, that is, the compounds themselves. Backed up by recent psycholinguistic evidence, the book convincingly demonstrates that such compounds are not semantically opaque as it has been formerly claimed: they can in fact be analysed and accounted for within a cognitive linguistic framework, by the combined application of metaphor, metonymy, blending, profile determinacy and schema theory; and represent the creative and associative word formation processes that we regularly apply in everyday language.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Creative Compounding in English: The Semantics of Metaphorical and Metonymical Noun-Noun Combinations. To get started finding Creative Compounding in English: The Semantics of Metaphorical and Metonymical Noun-Noun Combinations, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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