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September 20, 2025Metaphor and the Social WorldOpen Access

Embodied, social, and creative dimensions of metonymy

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MFMarlene Johansson FalckUmeå UniversityTJThomas Wiben JensenUniversity of Southern Denmark

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Implication

This special issue examines metonymy’s role in multimodal contexts, highlighting its social and creative dimensions.

Key Points

  • Metonymy serves as a flexible, embodied mechanism for creating meaning in various contexts.
  • The studies presented draw on naturalistic data from spoken interaction, fiction, and advertising.
  • Understanding metonymy involves recognizing its connection to metaphor and its role in language use.
  • The analysis encourages a deeper exploration of metonymy, pointing to its importance in figurative language studies.

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Falck et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d469c831b076d99fa6674ehttps://doi.org/10.1075/msw.24034.joh
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