Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Background -- 2. Aim and structure of the volume -- References -- Reviewing the properties and prototype structure of metonymy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Problematic properties affecting the standard cognitive-linguistic notion of metonymy -- 2.1 "Entities" or "domains"? -- 2.2 Is metonymy necessarily connected to an act of reference? -- 2.3 What is meant by saying that metonymy is a "stand-for" relationship? -- 2.4 Mapping, "domain highlighting", activation, and directionality in metonymy -- 2.5 whole for part metonymies, degrees in metonymicity and prototype-based vs. unitary definitions of metonymy -- 2.6 Metonymic and non-metonymic "reference point phenomena" -- 2.7 Is there any difference between metonymy and such phenomena as "contextual modulation", "facets", and active-zone / profile discrepancy? -- 2.8 The conventionalization of metonymy -- 3. Problematic properties affecting the standard criteria in the distinction between metaphor and metonymy -- 3.1 Problems derived from the notion of "domain" -- 3.2 A linguistic expression may sometimes be interpreted, on the basis of context, background knowledge or the interpreter's choice, as metaphorical, metonymic, or as a combination of both -- 3.3 Interaction of metaphor and metonymy -- 4. Summary and conclusions. Revised general definitions of metonymy and metaphor -- 4.1 Revised definitions of schematic metonymy and of metaphor -- References -- Part I. Metonymy and related cognitive, semantic, and rhetorical phenomena -- Metonymization: A key mechanism in semantic change -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Lexical Meaning as Ontologies and Construals (LOC) -- 3. Metonymization and zone activation -- 4. Metonymization and change.

5. From contentful to contentful meanings -- 6. From contentful to configurational meanings -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Zones, facets, and prototype-based metonymy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dogs and cigarettes -- 3. Kettles and telephones -- 4. Books and trumpets -- 4.1 Pragmatics -- 4.2 Syntax -- 4.3 Semantics -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Metonymy and cognitive operations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Types of cognitive operation -- 2.1 Formal operations -- 2.2 Content operations -- 3. Conclusion -- References -- Metonymy, category broadening and narrowing, and vertical polysemy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Vertical polysemy -- 3. Metonymy -- 4. Metonymy and vertical polysemy in encyclopedic semantics -- 4.1 Metonymy in encyclopedic semantics -- 4.2 Vertical relations in encyclopedic semantics -- 5. Vertical polysemy and metonymy: Discussion -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Metonymy at the crossroads: A case of euphemisms and dysphemisms -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Metonymy in euphemisms and dysphemisms -- 3. Case studies -- 3.1 The euphemism body count -- 3.2 The dysphemism chickenhawk -- 4. A glance at conceptual and linguistic borrowing -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- The role of metonymy in complex tropes: Cognitive operations and pragmatic implications -- 1. Introduction -- 2. icms and tropes -- 3. The role of metonymy in complex tropes -- 3.1 Irony -- 3.1 Irony -- 3.2 Oxymoron -- 3.3 Overstatement -- 3.4 Understatement -- 3.5 Euphemism and dysphemism -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Part II. Metonymy and metonymic chains as mappings or processes within domain matrices/networks -- Putting the notion of "domain" back into metonymy: Evidence from compounds -- 1. The single domain-based approach to metonymy -- What do metonymic chains reveal about the nature of metonymy? -- 2. Why domains are indeed necessary:Evidence from noun-noun compounds.

3. Metonymy as a domain network of conceptual relationships -- 4. Contiguity or association? -- 5. Domains: Tentative evidence from psycholinguistics -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Metonymic matrix domains and multiple formations in indirect speech acts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ruiz de Mendoza's double metonymy -- 3. Matrix domains and multiple formations -- 3.1 Matrix domains with one source and various possible target domains -- 3.2 Matrix domain with various sources and one target -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Authors' biodata -- Metaphor and metonymy index -- Name index -- Subject index.