A discourse dynamics investigation of metonymy in talk

In marked contrast to metonymy research based on invented examples and intuitive judgments, this thesis presents a picture of metonymy in discourse derived from empirical analysis of authentic language. Using the discourse dynamics framework (Cameron 2010b), metonymy is investigated in a 17,889 word...

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Main Author: Biernacka, Ewa
Published: Open University 2013
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.607623