Analyzing THE PLACE FOR THE EVENT-type Metonymies from the Perspective of Negative Evaluative Factors
This paper has two objectives. First, by analyzing THE PLACE FOR THE EVENT-type metonymies, this paper points out that it is mainly negative events that are expressed by this type of metonymy. Second, this paper reveals the motivations of those THE PLACE FOR THE EVENT-type metonymies that express ne...
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Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-63982015000200475&lng=en&tlng=en |