The cognitive aspects of metonymy

Abstract

The subject of the study is the metonymy understood as a linguistic phenomenon and cognitive process. The meaning of the word regarded as a reflection of social and cultural reality. We review the history of the approach to the metonymy in the works of R. Jacobson, Z. Kovecses, G.  Lakoff, R. W. Langacker, G. Radden, J. Taylor et al.

Information about the author:

Olena Gapchenko – PhD, Associate Prof. of the Department of the Modern Ukrainian Language, Institute of Philology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine).

E-mail: olenagapchenko@ukr.net

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