%0 Journal Article
%T On Conceptual Potentials of Metonymy
%A Hans-Harry Droessiger
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 3
%N 11
%P 1-9
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2016
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1103178
%X <div style="text-align:justify;">
	<span style="line-height:1.5;">Metonymy is a more deeply
embedded and ingrained capability of the human mind than classical approaches
may tell. The cognitive turn in linguistics changed the point of view to the
interaction between language and mind, thus, new approaches to understand what
metonymy is might come into life. The takeover of ideas of metonymy into
applied branches of linguistics like translation studies (as a complement to</span><span style="line-height:1.5;"> the idea of equivalence), into researches of language comparison (intracultural-intercultural, diachronic-synchronic), or into the philosophy of science (on
sorts and forms of definition of terms) may reveal the true nature and the
potentials of metonymy. This leads to a comprehension of metonymy as a common,
probably universal capability of human language and thinking¡ªbeyond the
boundaries of languages and cultures.</span> 
</div>
%K Metonymy
%K Contiguity
%K Cognitive Linguistics
%K Translation Studies
%K Etymology
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5276382