METONYMY BASED ON CULTURAL BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AND PRAGMATIC INFERENCING: EVIDENCE FROM SPOKEN DISCOURSE

Th e characterization of metonymy as a conceptual tool for guiding inferencing in language has opened a new fi eld of study in cognitive linguistics and pragmatics. To appreciate the value of metonymy for pragmatic inferencing, metonymy should not be viewed as performing only its prototypical ref...

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Main Authors: Arijana Krišković, Sandra Tominac
Format: Article
Language:Bulgarian
Published: University of Rijeka. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2009-01-01
Series:Fluminensia: Journal for Philological Research
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Online Access:http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/74615