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Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowlegements xi
4. List of figures xiii
5. List of tables xv
6. Notation xv
7. Abbreviations xvi
8. Introduction and some basic concepts 1
9. Descriptivists, transformationalists and alternative theories 15
10. Cognitive linguistics 41
11. Compositionality and transparency 69
12. Metaphor-based compounds 89
13. Metaphor-based semantic relation between the constituents of the compound 107
14. Metonymy-based compounds 141
15. Metaphor- and metonymy-based compounds 163
16. A brief overview and the wider perspective 183
17. Appendix 191
18. References 196
19. General Index 203
20. Metaphor and metonymy index 206