What is an ostentatious-behavior-for-pride metonymy?

What is an ostentatious-behavior-for-pride metonymy?

Definition
	A conventional metonymy in which reference to theatrical behavior is used to stand for pride.

Examples
	Here are some examples in English:
	She's giving herself airs. The child was putting on airs. He's just a show-off. She's flaunting her new fur coat.

Generic
	An ostentatious-behavior-for-pride metonymy is a kind of
	What is a behavioral metonymy for pride?

Source
	Kovecses 1986

Context for this page:

Concept module: ostentatious-behavior-for-pride 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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