Corpus Analysis

1. Can lexical narrowing be analysed in terms of default rules?
Part 1:	'red eyes'

2. Is there a continuum between literal use, approximation, hyperbole and metaphor?
Part 1:	'painless'	Part 5:	'angel'
Part 2:	'boiling'	Part 6:	'saint'
Part 3:	'raw'	Part 7:	'bulldozer'
Part 4:	'bald'

3. Do narrowing and broadening combine in the interpretation of a single word?
Part 1:	'empty'	Part 4:	'bare'
Part 2:	'dry'	Part 5:	'as cold as' (Bank of English)
Part 3:	'full'	Part 6:	'as cold as' (BNC)

4. Can metonymy be analysed in inferential terms?
Metonymy: summary of the issues, Part 1
Metonymy: summary of the issues, Part 2
Metonymy: summary of the issues, Final additions
Metonymy corpus search 1: General (Bank of English)
Metonymy corpus search 2: Place and organisation names (BNC)
Metonymy corpus search 3: Musical Instruments (BNC)

OED entries
'raw'		'boil'
'empty'		'angel'
'full'		'saint'
'pain'