Variation in Metonymy: Cross-linguistic, Historical and Lectal Perspectives

Introduction -- Theoretical Preliminary -- Demarcation And Variability Of Metonymy -- Conceptual Metonymy -- Definition, Demarcation Of Metonymy -- Internal Typology Of Metonymy -- The Conventionalization Of Metonymy -- Metonymy : A Variationist Cl View -- The Cross-linguistic Dimension -- The Historical Dimension -- The Lectal Dimension -- Metonymy : Semasiology And Onomasiology -- The Semasiological Perspective -- The Onomasiological Perspective -- The Methodological State Of The Art In Metonymy Research -- Why Cl Research Needs An Empirical Approach -- Overview Of Methods In Cl Metonymy Research -- Summary : Research Gaps -- Metonymy In Expressions -- Models For Analyzing Figurative Composite Expressions -- Compositionality And Analyzability -- Fauconnier And Turner's Blending Model -- Benczes's Analysis Of Noun-noun Compounds -- Geeraerts's Prismatic Model -- Metonymie Mappings In Chinese Expressions -- Bringing The Prismatic Model To Chinese Metonymic Expressions -- Various Paths Of Metonymy In Chinese Expressions -- Some Criteria For Classification -- Global Metonymy Versus Parallel Local Metonymies -- Internal Metonymy Versus External Metonymy -- Differentiation Between Alternative Prismatic Structures -- Summary -- Case Studies -- The Cross-linguistic Perspective : Metonymies For Person -- Methodology -- The Chinese Data Resources -- The English Data Resource -- Summary Ofthe Methodology -- Results -- Variation In Metonymic Patterns For Person In General -- Variation In Metonymic Patterns For Different Kinds Of Person -- Variation In Metonymic Sources Of A Particular Pattern -- Discussion -- Paragons In Chinese Culture -- The Carriage-clothing System In Chinese Culture -- The Residence System In Chinese Culture -- Culture-bound Conceptualizations Of Body Parts -- Collectivism Versus Individualism -- Section Summary -- Summary -- The Diachronic Perspective : Metonymies For Woman -- Methodology -- The Corpus Of Historical Chinese -- Metonymy Identification -- Metonymy Quantification And Analysis -- Diachronic Variation In Metonymic Patterns -- Exploringand Visualizing The Data -- Targets With Relatively Stable Diachronic Variation -- Targets With A Dominant Trend In Diachronic Variation -- Targets With Highly Fluctuating Diachronic Variation -- Section Summary -- Interactions With Stylistic Variation -- Stylistic Variation In Metonymic Patterns -- Introduction Of New Metonymic Items -- Section Summary -- Summary -- The Lectal Perspective : Metonymies For Government -- Methodology -- Data Collection -- The Variables -- The Mixed-effects Logistic Regression Model -- The General Regression Model For Government -- General Impact Ofthe Predictors -- Specific Influence Of Fixed Effects -- The Random-effect Variable Of Verbs -- The Separate Regression Model For Mainland Chinese Government -- The Separate Mixed-effects Model -- The Lectal Variation Between Mainland And Taiwan Chinese -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Main Findings And Contributions -- Limitations And Further Directions -- References -- Appendix -- Chinese, English Metonymic Mapping Datasets -- Distributions Of Main Patterns For Specific Targets -- Distributions Of Sources Under A Particular Pattern For Specific Targets -- References For Meaning Identification In The Corpus -- Classification Of Source/target Concepts In Case 2 -- Contributions Of Patterns For Interpreting The Mds Dimensions -- Index. Weiwei Zhang. Originally Presented As The Author's Thesis (doctoral--katholieke Universiteit Te Leuven (1970-), 2013) Under The Title: Variation In Metonymy : A Corpus-based Cognitive Linguistic Approach. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.