Metonymy in grammar
Korean multiple object constructions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20395676 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chongwon Park (0000-0003-4640-0926, University of Minnesota, Duluth, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-63 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Functions of Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0929-998X • E-ISSN: 1569-9765 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/fol.20.1.02par |
| OpenAlex | W1991848614 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article focuses on the conceptual structures of Korean Multiple Object Constructions (MOCs), which exhibit various types of meanings. I argue that these various meanings are systematically explained when we adopt the notion of reference point. I claim that the accusative-marked nominals in the constructions are metonymically connected; outer accusative-marked nominals function as reference points. More specifically, NP1, in the schematic configuration [NP-Nom [NP1-Acc [NP2-Acc [PRED]]]], functions as a reference point in relation to the complex verb [NP2-PRED], where NP1 provides access to the target. In other words, the function of Korean MOCs is to provide mental access to a target, similar to English possessive constructions. For example, since one natural mental path of access is by following a taxonomic hierarchy from general to specific, the metonymic meaning of the Type-Token construction arises. The same mechanism is then recursively applied to explain the case of multiply-occurring accusative-marked nominals. In order to provide technical analyses of my claim, Langacker’s Cognitive Grammar is adopted as a theoretical framework as it accurately captures the properties of the constructions without additional unnecessary mechanisms
Cognition · Cognitive grammar · Combinatorics · Construction Grammar · Epistemology · Grammar · Hierarchy · Linguistics · Metonymy · Possessive · Transitive relation · Verb · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · linguistics and terminology studies · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.31 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |