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A systemic classification of metonymic expressions in Korean

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2014, 45(), pp.1-30
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Park Jaeyon 1

1아주대학교

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ABSTRACT

The aim of this paper is to suggest a new system of classification of metonymic expressions in Korean. I differentiate three kinds of contiguity between metonymic vehicles and targets: contiguity in the referents, contiguity in the concepts and contiguity in the linguistic expressions. Firstly, the metonymic expressions by contiguity in the referents can be divided into metonymy in meronymy and metonymy by locational adjacency of referents. Secondly, the metonymic expressions by contiguity in the concepts can be divided into metonymy in hyponymy, metonymy in referent-property relation, and metonymy between adjacent sisterhood concepts. Thirdly, the metonymic expressions by contiguity in the linguistic expressions should be established for expressions by abbreviation regardless of conceptual meaning. In this case, not the referent or the concept but the linguistic expression itself provides metonymic access to the target entity.

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