Metonymy determining the type of the direct object

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Publication date 2011
Book title When arguments don't fit verbs: Interdisciplinary approaches to metonymy and coercion: Metonymy 2011: Stuttgart, 15.09.2011-16.09.2011: workshop program
Event Metonymy 2011. When arguments don't fit verbs: Interdisciplinary approaches to metonymy and coercion
Publisher Stuttgart: Institut für maschinelle Sprachverarbeitung, Universität Stuttgart
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
Abstract This paper discusses the parallel between transitive locative alternations and logical metonymy, as in he began the book. It will be explained that both kinds of argument shifts can be considered as predicative metonymies, which cause a figure/ground effect of the direct object within the frame evoked by the verb.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/veranstaltungen/sfb732-workshop2011/proceedings/Sweep_Metonymy2011.pdf
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