In this paper, we explore methods for improving the automatic classification of schematic metonymies in corpus-based text. Using a pre-existing dataset of thousands of samples, we formulate the hypothesis that a better modeling of the underlying syntactic, semantic and conceptual meanings within a document (sample) can aid automated metonymy classification. To test this hypothesis, we build upo...

Among extant books of Sufis prose, the prose of Maqalat-e Shams-e Tabrizi has high and particular qualities. Its special language and the sensitivity that Shams shows in every point of his Maqalat regarding language makes us observe the dialectic between structure and meaning of language which is the results of forming a progressive prose compared to the prose of his contemporaries. Among ...

In the linguistic picture of world anthroponyms occupy a unique position, because man’s perception himself as center universe is manifested in creation many nominations, where substantial nature human essence comes to fore. The nomination an integral part nominative system language, which follows all its laws and norms. formation new names carried out result changes morpheme word, but most ofte...

A new kind of concept representation and processing formalisms, dynamic concept systems (DCS), is introduced. DCS are designed to model context-sensitive and compositionally productive interaction of many concepts in a quasi-continuous fashion, with subsumption, robust classification and metonymy as derivable features. DCS are symbolic throughout but in some respects inspired by complex systems...

From the analysis of naturally occurring texts we obtained evidence for the systematic interaction between nominal anaphora and metonymies. This leads us to postulate an integrated model incorporating both phenomena simultaneously. The consideration of discourse constraints for metonymy resolution allows us to challenge the commonly held view that the interpretation of metonymies should proceed...

The outline of a unified theory of local pragmatics phenomena is presented, including an approach to the problems of reference resolution, metonymy, and interpreting nominal compounds, and the TACITUS system embodying this theory is described. The theory and system are based on the use of a theorem prover to draw the appropriate inferences from a large knowledge base of commonsense and technica...

This paper examines the figurative use, both metonymy and synecdoche, of Arabic body parts in English literary translation. The aim is twofold: first to investigate translational procedures used render them and, second, see what linguistic cultural constraints determine choices. corpus consists first-encountered 100 utterances featuring names extracted from Naguib Mahfouz’s (1947) novel زقاق ال...

Previous research in cognitive semantics has focused on various mechanisms of ‘dynamic’ meaning construction, like metaphor, metonymy, conceptual integration, irony and sarcasm. The present paper aims at broadening the scope of analysis to include the largely underfranchised topic of humor (in the broadest sense) in the cognitive paradigm. In a first section of the paper, it is argued that Crof...