<Articles>The CHANGE FOR PROPERTY Metonymy in Japanese Sign Language

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  • <研究論文>日本手話における「変化で属性を表す」メトニミー
  • 日本手話における「変化で属性を表す」メトニミー
  • ニホンシュワ ニ オケル 「 ヘンカ デ ゾクセイ オ アラワス 」 メトニミー

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In Japanese Sign Language, a variety of expressions, which literally designate changes (e.g. growing taller), are also used to refer to properties (e.g. being tall). These expressions can be viewed as metonymic, in that they are based on the contiguity between changes and properties. This paper shows that this use of metonymy is motivated by the fact that Japanese Sign Language uses the visual-manual modality to convey meaning. It is further argued that subjectification (Langacker 1998) is a factor in these metonymic expressions.

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  • 京都大学言語学研究

    京都大学言語学研究 41 1-17, 2022-12-31

    Departmental of Linguistics, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University

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