The roles of metaphor and metonymy in english -er nominals

Metaphor and Metonymy in Comparison and Contrast

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 279-319

  Panther, Klaus Uwe ^a   Thornburg, Linda L ^a  

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Author keywords

Agentive suffix; Conceptual transitivity; Metonymic source; Metonymic target; Polysemy; Productivity; Semantic role; Transitive scenario; Word formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065281508     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1515/9783110219197.2.279     Document Type: Chapter

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