When Zidane is not simply Zidane, and Bill Gates is not just Bill Gates: Some thoughts on the construction of metaphtonymic meanings of proper names

Aspects of Meaning Construction

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 125-142

  Brdar, Mario ^a   Brdar Szabó, Rita ^b  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Active zone; Meaning construction; Metaphor; Metonymy; Paragon; Proper names

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949658488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1075/z.136.09brd     Document Type: Chapter

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