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(2014) Frames and concept types, Dordrecht, Springer.
A frame approach to metonymical processes in some common types of German word formation
Daniel Schulzek
pp. 221-242
Langacker (1987, 2008) defines metonymies as conceptual shifts within a domain or domain matrix. However, there are several cases in which metonymical shifts between conceptual entities that belong to the same domain are not possible. Thus, in this paper a more restrictive definition of metonymy is developed on the basis of frames, understood as recursive attribute-value structures. It is claimed that metonymies can be explained by a simple frame transformation requiring a necessary condition that I refer to as bidirectional functionality. This assumption is confirmed by an analysis of metonymical processes in various common types of word formation in German, including possessive compounds, -er nominalizations, and synthetic compounds. Furthermore, bidirectional functionality seems to underlie a sub-class of nominal compounds I suggest calling "frame compounds".
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01541-5_10
Full citation:
Schulzek, D. (2014)., A frame approach to metonymical processes in some common types of German word formation, in T. Gamerschlag, D. Gerland, R. Osswald & W. Petersen (eds.), Frames and concept types, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 221-242.
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