Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 'What those boys need is a good handbagging' What is metonymy?; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Metonymy from a cognitive linguistic perspective; 1.3 The differences between metonymy and metaphor; 1.4 Aims and overview of the book; 2 'He coughed and spluttered a lot and sneezed his lunch all over the place.' Types of metonymy and their behaviour in real-world data; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Metonymy types and their manifestations in real-world data
Examples of whole-part metonymy types and their manifestations in real-world dataExamples of part-part metonymy types and their manifestations inreal-world data; 2.3 Principles determining vehicle choice and their manifestations in real-world data; 2.4 Conclusion; 3 'He's only bowin' to his passport.' Theoretical models of metonymy: uses and drawbacks; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Established models of metonymy: uses and drawbacks; Referential and propositional metonymy (Warren, 1999, 2006); Referential, predicational and illocutionary metonymy (Panther and Thornburg, 1998)
'Source in target' metonymy and 'target in source' metonymy (Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez and Diez Velasco, 2002)Peirsman and Geeraerts' (2006a) varying strengths of contiguity; Langacker's (1993) focus on active zones and what this means for models of metonymy; Barcelona's (2003b) progressive membership constraint model and Handl's (2012) radial category approach to metonymy; 3.3 Other approaches to language that can be used to explain metonymy; Metonymy and blending theory; Metonymy and relevance theory; Metonymy as an emergent phenomenon: the role of complex systems theory; 3.4 Conclusion
4 '"BBC", her mother would have said.' What do people use metonymy for?4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Referential functions of metonymy; 4.3 Highlighting and construal; 4.4 Anaphoric reference, cohesion and coherence; 4.5 Exophoric reference; 4.6 Illocutionary functions of metonymy; 4.7 Relationship-building and the establishment of discourse communities; 4.8 Conclusion; 5 'But what can we expect, after all, of a man who wears silk underpants?' Playful, evaluative and creative functions of metonymy; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Metonymy and euphemism; 5.3 Metonymy and hyperbole; 5.4 Metonymy and irony
5.5 Metonymy and vagueness5.6 Metonymy and evaluation, ideology and positioning; 5.7 Metonymy and creativity; The creative use of metonymy in language and the role of metonymy in linguistic humour; The creative use of metonymy in art; The creative use of metonymy in music; The creative use of metonymy in film and advertising; How do these findings on the creative uses of metonymy in other forms of expression relate to existing work on semiotics?; 5.8 Conclusion; 6 'The Government of Britain is sort of there.' How can we identify 'metonymy'?; 6.1 Introduction
6.2 Metonymy identification in text: a possible procedure and initial challenges
