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Starting from the vantage point of a connotation theory as well as metaphoric usage of proper names, the presentation discusses the methodological background of the Dictionary of Proper Names, Metaphors and Connotations. This dictionary includes exclusively the Polish names that go beyond their primary function (identification of objects-named) in the texts and public discourse. The matter of connotations...
The author describes the main metonymic models within toponymy, anthroponymy and zoonymy. The main definition of metonymy is the traditional regarding in the term of contiguity. In the paper, metonymy is considered in the cognitive linguistic way, as the process of conceptualization. Here, the notion of conceptual contiguity replaces the traditional metonymic relationships. The main metonymic models...
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