Basilio Metaphor
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Metonymy and Metaphor in Grammar
Author: Klaus-Uwe Panther
language: en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date: 2009
with the advent of Cognitive Linguistics, metonymy and metaphor are now recognized as being not only ornamental rhetorical tropes but fundamental figures of thought that shape, to a considerable extent, the conceptual structure of languages. The present volume goes even beyond this insight to propose that grammar itself is metonymical in nature (Langacker) and that conceptual metonymy and metaphor leave their imprints on lexicogrammatical structure.
Metaphor, Metonymy and Lexicogenesis
Author: Andrew Goatly
language: en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date: 2024-11-15
This book investigates the interaction between new English lexis and metaphor/metonymy – figures meticulously defined and contrasted in terms of similarity/contiguity. It advances three main hypotheses: (i) derived lexis is more likely to be figurative in meaning and usage than the bases from which it is derived; (ii) derivation obscures the figurative origins of this lexis to varying degrees depending on differing processing strategies; (iii) lexicalisation is determined by Relevance (in Sperber and Wilson’s sense) to the needs of a culture or its powerful interest groups, where culture, following Norman Fairclough, is characterised as an ensemble of recognised action/discourse genres. This volume is distinctive in exploring the relations between grammar and metonymy and providing numerous examples of metaphorical and metonymic lexis as it reflects society's changing needs and (contested) ideologies.
José Basílio da Gama's Brazilian Goldmines
Author: Leni Ribeiro Leite
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date: 2026-04-09
Published here for the first time in an accessible edition, Brasilienses Aurifodinae or “Brazilian Goldmines” is an 18th-century hexameter poem in Latin, by Brazilian author José Basílio da Gama (1741-95). Two addenda follow the text, translation, and commentary on this poem: an Appendix Compendiaria, which summarizes the content of the poem in simple prose; and a Quaestio Curiosa, where Gama answers common questions about his topic, as well as an alphabetically organized Index rerum notabilium. Gama, famous for his anti-Jesuit works in Portuguese and for his support of the liberal reformation of the Portuguese crown, touches in this work upon central questions of his time, such as life in the colonies, the use of slave labor, the relationship with the metropolis, and payment of taxes. He also showcases his technical knowledge of the extraction of gold and his scientific knowledge regarding geography, geology and mineralogy of the mining sites – not to mention his erudition in mastery of Latin and his familiarity with the Classical tradition. This edition contains the edited Latin text, as well as the first English translation of the work, an introductory study, and commentaries to the text.