Naslov
Accessing generic referents by metonymy

Autori
Radden, Günter

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
8th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference: Cognitive Linguistics, Functionalism, Discourse Studies: Common Ground and New Directions / Ruiz de Mendoza, Francisco Jose - Logroño : University of La Rioja, Spain, 2003, 238-238

Skup
8th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference: Cognitive Linguistics, Functionalism, Discourse Studies: Common Ground and New Directions

Mjesto i datum
Logroño, Španjolska, 20.07.2003. - 25.07.2003

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
metonymy; generic reference; class

Sažetak
Generic reference to a class as a whole is achieved metonymically via its members. The metonymies that motivate these generalizations and account for their meanings are: (1) SPECIFIC FOR GENERIC (or TOKEN FOR TYPE) as in 'An Italian is musical', which generalizes from any one (indefinite) member to the class. (2) REPRESENTATIVE MEMBER OF A CATEGORY FOR THE CATEGORY as in The Italian is musical, which generalizes from one (definite) representative member to the class. (3) MEMBERS SHARING A CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTY FOR THE CATEGORY as in Italians are musical, which generalizes from an (indefinite) number of members sharing a characteristic property to the class. (4) SALIENT MEMBERS OF A CATEGORY FOR THE CATEGORY as in The Italians are musical, which generalizes from a (definite) number of members sharing a salient property to the class.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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