Chapter 2. The tripartite typology and the Córdoba Metonymy Database
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Antonio Barcelona
Abstract
The Córdoba Metonymy Database has been designed as a tool for systematically investigating conceptual metonymy across a wide variety of authentic discourse samples, mostly in English and Spanish. Its entry model features eleven analytical fields. One of them, Field 2, is devoted to suggesting the most likely hierarchy including the metonymy under analysis. The top (or “generic”) level of that hierarchy is the tripartite typology , , and . After describing the database and its entry model, the author argues against the proposals to rule out the tripartite typology and discusses the criteria to apply the tripartite typology to the metonymies so far included in the database.
Abstract
The Córdoba Metonymy Database has been designed as a tool for systematically investigating conceptual metonymy across a wide variety of authentic discourse samples, mostly in English and Spanish. Its entry model features eleven analytical fields. One of them, Field 2, is devoted to suggesting the most likely hierarchy including the metonymy under analysis. The top (or “generic”) level of that hierarchy is the tripartite typology , , and . After describing the database and its entry model, the author argues against the proposals to rule out the tripartite typology and discusses the criteria to apply the tripartite typology to the metonymies so far included in the database.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Preface and acknowledgements ix
- Fantastic metaphors and where to find them 1
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Part I. New methods and digital resources for mining metaphor and metonymy in thought, language, and images
- Chapter 1. MetaNet 23
- Chapter 2. The tripartite typology and the Córdoba Metonymy Database 49
- Chapter 3. Metaphor in the age of mechanical production 75
- Chapter 4. VisMet and the crowd 99
- Chapter 5. MetaNet.HR 123
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Part II. Reflecting on the risks and challenges involved in building and using repositories of figurative language
- Chapter 6. The lexical vs. corpus-based method in the study of metaphors 149
- Chapter 7. Figurative reasoning in hedged performatives 175
- Chapter 8. Mereology in the flesh 199
- Chapter 9. Metaphor repositories and cross-linguistic comparison 225
- Notes on contributors 253
- Metonymy and metaphor index 255
- Author index 257
- Subject index 261
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Preface and acknowledgements ix
- Fantastic metaphors and where to find them 1
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Part I. New methods and digital resources for mining metaphor and metonymy in thought, language, and images
- Chapter 1. MetaNet 23
- Chapter 2. The tripartite typology and the Córdoba Metonymy Database 49
- Chapter 3. Metaphor in the age of mechanical production 75
- Chapter 4. VisMet and the crowd 99
- Chapter 5. MetaNet.HR 123
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Part II. Reflecting on the risks and challenges involved in building and using repositories of figurative language
- Chapter 6. The lexical vs. corpus-based method in the study of metaphors 149
- Chapter 7. Figurative reasoning in hedged performatives 175
- Chapter 8. Mereology in the flesh 199
- Chapter 9. Metaphor repositories and cross-linguistic comparison 225
- Notes on contributors 253
- Metonymy and metaphor index 255
- Author index 257
- Subject index 261
