CONCEPTUAL METONYMY IN ENGLISH SENTENCE PATTERNS AS SEEN IN STATEMENTS ABOUT UNCONTROLLABLE ACTION

Abstract

The article provides a concise overview of the modern discussion of conceptual metonymy and then focuses on the conceptual metonymy mechanism at the level of a sentence pattern of the utterances expressing uncontrollable actions which are understood as dynamic situations with a pseudo-agent or an experiencer. For the purpose of the study a selection of such utterances from modern English literature and media was prepared. The study allowed to reveal cases where action-like situations are expressed with the sentence patterns that are static by nature, that is, the patterns that represent the concepts ‘location of an object’ and ‘attribute of an object’. Сases of metonymy based on the conceptual integration mechanism were also found.

Keywords

• структурная схема предложения
• концептуальная метонимия
• неконтролируемость
• синтаксис
• пропозиция
• sentence pattern
• conceptual metonymy
• uncontrollability
• syntax
• proposition