Naslov
Metonymic Links for ‘ Master Metaphor’

Autori
Gradečak-Erdeljić, Tanja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Perspectives on Metonymy / Kosecki, Krzysztof - Frankfurt : Peter Lang, 2007, 87-99

ISBN
978-3-631-56211-6

Skup
Perspectives on Metonymy

Mjesto i datum
Łódź, Poljska, 06.05.2005. - 08.05.2005

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
metonymy; master metaphor; ontological metaphor; primary metaphor; metonymic chaining; periphrastic constructions; verbo-nominal constructions; 'light' verbs; nominalisation; metonymic elaboration

Sažetak
The realm of idiomaticity is one of the most complex issues all categories and generations of linguists have been trying to tackle for years. In our paper we shall attempt to exemplify how in the metaphors EVENTS ARE THINGS and ACTIVITIES ARE TRANSFERS which are operative in the number of the verbo-nominal constructions of the type 'light' verbs have, make, take, give + deverbal noun a process of metonymic elaboration may lead to a higher level of abstractedness or the so called 'master metaphor' ABSTRACT CONCEPTS ARE PHYSICAL ENTITIES (Kövecses 2000: 61). Although many scholars have dealt with this type of constructions, very few agreed on their scope and denomination. They have been termed collocations, idioms, phrasal constructions etc. with many of the authors stressing as their basic trait their extreme degree of arbitrariness in the choice of the combining elements. We shall attempt to show that there is a plausible cognitive and conceptual motivation in the form of the metonymically motivated metaphors.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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