Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors ix
4. Introduction. The construction of meaning in language 1
5. Part I: Metonymy and metaphor
6. Experiential tests of figurative meaning construction 19
7. High-level metaphor and metonymy in meaning construction 33
8. The role of metonymy in meaning construction at discourse level 51
9. Chained metonymies in lexicon and grammar 77
10. Arguing the case against coercion 99
11. When Zidane is not simply Zidane, and Bill Gates is not just Bill Gates 125
12. Collocational overlap can guide metaphor interpretation 143
13. Part II: Mental spaces and conceptual blending
14. Constructing the meanings of personal pronouns 171
15. The construction of meaning in relative clauses 189
16. Constraints on inferential constructions 207
17. The construction of vagueness 225
18. Communication or memory mismatch? 247
19. Brutal Brits and persuasive Americans 265
20. Index of authors 283
21. Index of subjects 285
22. Index of metonymies and metaphors 289