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”.
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- General Language Studies and Linguistics
- figurative language repositories, mereology, metonymy, manual coding, embodiment, partonymy, meronymy, cognitive science
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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Metaphor and Metonymy in the Digital Age |
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| Subtitle of host publication | Theory and methods for building repositories of figurative language |
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| Editors | Marianna Bolognesi, Mario Brdar, Kristina Despot |
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| Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
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| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
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| Pages | 199-224 |
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| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789027262295 |
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| ISBN (Print) | 9789027203441 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 Aug 22 |
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| Publication category | Research |
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| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
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| Name | Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication |
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| Volume | 8 |
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| ISSN (Print) | 2210-4836 |
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