Metonymization A key mechanism in semantic change

Human Cognitive Processing

Volumn 28, Issue , 2011, Pages 61-88

  Paradis, Carita ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

configuration; construal; part whole; profile; sense; zone activation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85088911121     PISSN: 13876724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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