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Metaphor, Metonymy and Lexicogenesis
Andrew Goatly
[Human Cognitive Processing 78] 2024
► pp. 139–169

Chapter 6
Probability of metaphor and metonymy in derivation

Article outline
  • 6.1Introduction
  • 6.2The hypothesis
  • 6.3Method
  • 6.4Evidence from Macmillan’s English Dictionary
    • 6.4.1Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation for conversions
    • 6.4.2Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation for suffixation
    • 6.4.3Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation for pre-fixation
    • 6.4.4Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation
      for compounds
    • 6.4.5Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation
      for phrasal verbs
    • 6.4.6Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation
      for one-phrase idioms
    • 6.4.7Patterns of literal-figurative base-derivative correlation
      for two phrase idioms
  • 6.5Summary and conclusion
  • Notes
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