Original scientific paper
Interpreting English Verb Conversions The Role of Metonymy and Metaphor
Gabrijela Buljan
Abstract
In this paper we set out to illustrate the workings of some basic cognitive mechanisms in
the process of interpreting English verb conversions. Given the flexible methodological principles
of cognitive linguistics, we will argue that it is fully equipped to account for the full
complexity of the meanings of such verbs.
Keywords
metaphor; metonymy; verb conversion; event schema; English language; cognitive linguistics
Hrčak ID:
15923
URI
Publication date:
21.10.2004.
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