fy"> examples below illustrate that in discourse, language users exploit the cognitive ability to metonymically infer via salient reference points. Complex frames, scripts, scenarios, which are stored in long-term memory, can be evoked by merely referring to a salient part of that frame and in much the same way a target referent can be accessed through a causally related reference point within the same frame.Jill Mansell s «A Walk in the Park» [44]. redhead slid down - someone with red hair, in a previous line [44, p. 4]. I considered it as a special case of metonymy, part for the whole, metonymy expresses simple contiguous relations between objects, such as part-whole.dad answered the door - answered the door ring [44, p. 7]. Abstract nouns denoting emotion condition, the process that are used instead of the name of the subject or object.offices smelled ... dust and Pledge - brand, a cleaning product made by SC Johnson amp; Son [44, p. 9] - the name may becomе a common noun.had stood in Boots the Chemist - UK Limited (formerly Boots the Chemist ) - is a pharmacy chain in the United Kingdom [44, p. 9], the name may becomе a common noun.front of the Aga - The AGA cooker is a heat storage stove and cooker [44, p. 13] - a common noun.
... a can of Diet Coke - called Coca-Cola Light in some territories, is a sugar-free soft drink produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company [44, p. 15], the same.
And nothing for Sotheby s - is a multinational corporation, originally English but now owned and headquartered in the United States, that is one of the world s largest auctioneers [ 44, p. 15] - the name may becomе a common noun. Georgian houses - houses look like the houses of King George epoch - the name become a common noun [44, p. 17]. Buck's Fizz - is an alcoholic drink made of two parts orange juice to one part champagne. the name may becomе a common noun [44, p. 21] .wouldn t be Beresford any more, she d become Barber instead - the name may becomе a common noun [44, p. 21] .made his money in London s square mile - The City constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD. In this context it is also colloquially known as the « Square Mile » - some geographical names can also become common nouns through metonymy, in the context of British culture London and its components become a metonymy.
From Rachel Cusk s «The last supper. A summer in Italy »[41] .with Giotto faces [41, p. 54] - Giotto di Bondone, better known simply as Giotto, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence in the late Middle Ages. The faces on his pictures had some features - a big nose, for example. The name of some person - Giotto di Bondone - becomе a common noun Giotto. Names of inventors very often become terms to denote things they invented: Giotto invented his style in painting.tells the table [41, p. 55] - She tells to all the guests sitting at the table - the part of the whole.wants to put an end to the tennis-watching , to the Brit-minding [41, p. 56] - product for process.Resurrections hang there - the pictures described Resurrection in museum [41, p. 58] - object used for user. Piazza is rounded [41, p. 179] - the Piazza San Pietro - the place for the institution, the main square for social events in the town, is known to hold 300,000 people. train was so pell-mell, so indifferent [41, p. 180] - the people in the train were indifferent, the part of the whole.was a storm in the English Channel »[41, p. 180] - when sick people pilgrimmed. Metonymy is a figure of speech, in which something (like rain) is used to stand for something else (like sorrow). For example, the film industry likes to use metonymy as a quick shorthand, so we often notice that it is raining in funeral scenes.have a tent. It is Tiziana s : she lent it for us [41, p. 183] - product of process.
... would sit in the Nottinghamshire evenings [41, p. 177] - the place for the event - it would change his life.our English reverence to Parmesan [41, p. 113] - the sort of cheese. Geographical name of Parma province becomes a common name of the cheese....
