Naslov
Metonymy at the crossroads: A case of euphemisms and dysphemisms

Autori
Gradečak-Erdeljić, Tanja ; Goran Milić

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics Towards a consensus view

Urednik/ci
Réka Benczes ; Antonio Barcelona ; Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez

Izdavač
John Benjamins Publishing

Grad
Amsterdam : Philadelphia

Godina
2011

Raspon stranica
147-166

ISBN
978 90 272 2382 1

Ključne riječi
euphemism, dysphemism, pragmatic function, metonymic inferencing functional domain

Sažetak
The paper uses two small-scale studies to examine the effects of metonymy in political discourse. We re-examine some theoretical constructs proposed as definitional of metonymy, particularly pragmatic function (Barcelona, 2003a) and inclusion of the source and target in the same functional domain (ibid.). By analysing a dysphemism chickenhawk as an instantiation of the metaphoric mapping HUMANS ARE ANIMALS and the metonymic mapping PART OF A SCENARIO FOR THE WHOLE SCENARIO in the euphemism body count we delineate the possibilities and limitations of metonymic inferencing (Panther & Thornburg 2003). The observed differences in the pragmatic effect of euphemistic and dysphemistic expressions ascribed to metonymy reveal its differing foregrounding and backgrounding force.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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