What is a behavioral-reactions-for-emotion metonymy?

What is a behavioral-reactions-for-emotion metonymy?

Definition
	A conventional metonymy in English in which a reference to the behavior of a person experiencing a particular emotion stands for that emotion.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of behavioral-reactions-for-emotion metonymies:
	What is a behavioral metonymy for anger? What is a behavioral metonymy for pride? What is a physical-closeness-for-love metonymy?

Generic
	A behavioral-reactions-for-emotion metonymy is a kind of
	Conventional metonymies in English

Source
	Kovecses 1986

Context for this page:

Concept module: behavioral-reactions-for-emotion metonymy
In modular book: Metonymies in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Lexicon

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