@inbook{176b8470467348a7adb0c81d2d070ac9,
title = "Mereology in the Flesh",
abstract = "Figurative language repositories typically encompass expressions that are coded manually in formal content analyses. This chapter proposes to discuss a number of theoretical and methodological issues related to mereology – the study of parts, wholes, and their relation – that are crucial for coding part–whole figurative expressions. This contribution draws the attention to the importance of: distinguishing language and experience of part whole relations; taking into account the existence of two different kinds of whole; and finding ways to implement these distinctions in coding schemes to be used to annotate figurative expressions in electronic repositories. Finally, based on cognitive scientific evidence, this chapter formulates a hypothesis on how part–whole relations are acquired through bodily experiences and therefore could indeed said to be “in the flesh”.",
keywords = "figurative language repositories, mereology, metonymy, manual coding, embodiment, partonymy, meronymy, cognitive science",
author = "Simon Devylder",
year = "2019",
month = aug,
day = "22",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789027203441",
series = "Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication",
publisher = "John Benjamins Publishing Company",
pages = "199--224",
editor = "Marianna Bolognesi and Mario Brdar and Kristina Despot",
booktitle = "Metaphor and Metonymy in the Digital Age",
address = "Netherlands",
}