Metonymy as a universal cognitive phenomenon: evidence from multilingual lexicons

Metonymy is regarded as a universally shared cognitive phenomenon; as such, humans are taken to effortlessly produce and comprehend metonymic senses. However, experimental studies on metonymy have been focused on Western societies, and the linguistic data backing up claims of universality has not be...

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Authors: Khishigsuren, Temuulen, Bella, Gábor, Brochhagen, Thomas, Marav, Daariimaa, Giunchiglia, Fausto, Batsuren, Khuyagbaatar
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Publication Date:2022
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Keyword:metonymy
lexical semantics
universals
multilingual lexical resources
conceptual structure
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spelling Metonymy as a universal cognitive phenomenon: evidence from multilingual lexiconsKhishigsuren, TemuulenBella, GáborBrochhagen, ThomasMarav, DaariimaaGiunchiglia, FaustoBatsuren, Khuyagbaatarmetonymylexical semanticsuniversalsmultilingual lexical resourcesconceptual structureMetonymy is regarded as a universally shared cognitive phenomenon; as such, humans are taken to effortlessly produce and comprehend metonymic senses. However, experimental studies on metonymy have been focused on Western societies, and the linguistic data backing up claims of universality has not been large enough to provide conclusive evidence. We introduce a large-scale analysis of metonymy based on a lexical corpus of 20 thousand metonymy instances from 189 languages and 69 genera. No prior study, to our knowledge, is based on linguistic coverage as broad as ours. Drawing on corpus and statistical analysis, evidence of universality is found at three levels: systematic metonymy in general, particular metonymy patterns, and specific metonymy concepts. These findings imply that a shared conceptual structure for these patterns and concepts holds across societies.Cognitive Science Society202320232022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/56219reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésProceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. 2022;44:2386-93.https://github.com/kbatsuren/UniMet©2022 The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY).https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/562192026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Metonymy as a universal cognitive phenomenon: evidence from multilingual lexicons
spellingShingle Metonymy as a universal cognitive phenomenon: evidence from multilingual lexicons
Khishigsuren, Temuulen
metonymy
lexical semantics
universals
multilingual lexical resources
conceptual structure
title_short Metonymy as a universal cognitive phenomenon: evidence from multilingual lexicons
title_full Metonymy as a universal cognitive phenomenon: evidence from multilingual lexicons
title_fullStr Metonymy as a universal cognitive phenomenon: evidence from multilingual lexicons
title_full_unstemmed Metonymy as a universal cognitive phenomenon: evidence from multilingual lexicons
title_sort Metonymy as a universal cognitive phenomenon: evidence from multilingual lexicons
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Khishigsuren, Temuulen
Bella, Gábor
Brochhagen, Thomas
Marav, Daariimaa
Giunchiglia, Fausto
Batsuren, Khuyagbaatar
author Khishigsuren, Temuulen
author_facet Khishigsuren, Temuulen
Bella, Gábor
Brochhagen, Thomas
Marav, Daariimaa
Giunchiglia, Fausto
Batsuren, Khuyagbaatar
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author2 Bella, Gábor
Brochhagen, Thomas
Marav, Daariimaa
Giunchiglia, Fausto
Batsuren, Khuyagbaatar
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author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv metonymy
lexical semantics
universals
multilingual lexical resources
conceptual structure
topic metonymy
lexical semantics
universals
multilingual lexical resources
conceptual structure
description Metonymy is regarded as a universally shared cognitive phenomenon; as such, humans are taken to effortlessly produce and comprehend metonymic senses. However, experimental studies on metonymy have been focused on Western societies, and the linguistic data backing up claims of universality has not been large enough to provide conclusive evidence. We introduce a large-scale analysis of metonymy based on a lexical corpus of 20 thousand metonymy instances from 189 languages and 69 genera. No prior study, to our knowledge, is based on linguistic coverage as broad as ours. Drawing on corpus and statistical analysis, evidence of universality is found at three levels: systematic metonymy in general, particular metonymy patterns, and specific metonymy concepts. These findings imply that a shared conceptual structure for these patterns and concepts holds across societies.
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