Chapter Event structure as a metonymic target and vehicle in the languages of the deaf

The paper addresses the issue of event structure in the languages of the deaf. Basing on cognitive linguistic view of metonymy as a pervasive and multi-dimensional conceptual mechanism (Blank, 1999; Lakoff, 1987; Radden & Kövecses, 1999), it argues that signed languages employ parts of events to acc...

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Main Author: Kosecki, Krzysztof
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Published: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 2025
Online Access:ONIX_20250307_9788382200522_808
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1553832025-03-07T14:11:45Z Chapter Event structure as a metonymic target and vehicle in the languages of the deaf Kosecki, Krzysztof The paper addresses the issue of event structure in the languages of the deaf. Basing on cognitive linguistic view of metonymy as a pervasive and multi-dimensional conceptual mechanism (Blank, 1999; Lakoff, 1987; Radden & Kövecses, 1999), it argues that signed languages employ parts of events to access whole events, and that actions, objects, locations and other elements of event structure also provide mental access to such concepts as animals, food, instruments, locations, professions, and sports. 2025-03-07T14:11:43Z 2025-03-07T14:11:43Z 2020 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788382200522_808 9788382200522 9788382200515 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/155383 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/351 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8220-051-5.07 10.18778/8220-051-5.07 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788382200522 9788382200515 77-88 open access
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