Metonymy 1) What is metonymy? Working definition: Metonymy is a cognitive process in which one conceptual entity, the vehicle, provides mental access to another conceptual entity, the target, within the same idealised cognitive model (ICM). (Zoltán Kövecses; Metaphor; Oxford University Press 2002) Metonymy is usually used to get an easier access to something.  difference to metaphor: metaphor uses two domains one of which is abstract and one of …showed first 75 words of 1008 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1008 total…peripheral principle, like most euphemisms do) <Tab/> <Tab/><Tab/><Tab/> Reference:  Panther, Klaus-Uwe / Radden, Günter (Hrsg.) (1999): Metonymy in Language and Thought. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing  Kövecses, Zoltán (2002): Metaphor. New York: Oxford University Press  Lakoff, George / Johnson, Mark (1998): Leben in Metaphern. Heidelberg: Carl Auer Systeme