Source-In-Target Metonymy And Target-In-Source Metonymy In Texts On International Affairs
Source-In-Target Metonymy And Target-In-Source Metonymy In Texts On International Affairs

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the way source-in-target metonymy and target-in-source metonymy are used in text on international affairs. In such texts, the notion in the source domain is typically a toponym, but there are cases in which the source can be an ethnonym derived from a toponym. With target-in-source metonymies, the source domain stands for a target sub-domain. With source-in-target metonymies, a source sub-domain stands for a target domain. Both types of metonymy are unidirectional, as the target concept activated by the source concept does not in its turn activate the source concept in the same text. The study traces the way those types of metonymy are exploited in the media and studies the similarities and differences in their use in Bulgarian and English language texts.

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