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Polysemy in phraseology

The paper focuses on different aspects of polysemy in phraseology and examines the role of cognitive mechanisms in the process of creating polysemy. Special attention will be paid to conceptual metaphor and metonymy and their role in creating the polysemy of idiom constituents, as well as to different effects they may produce. We will further examine the degree of overlap between the existing traditional phraseological accounts of polysemy and newly emergent cognitive theories that seem to provide a more plausible platform for tackling the phenomenon of polysemy in phraseology.

polysemy, phraseology, metaphor, metonymy, conceptual integration

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