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Comments on Metaphors and metonymies in New York Times and Times Supplement news headlines The introduction is also well-structured and clear. Paragraph one to four establishes the research territory by introducing the research topic and appealing to the readership （“This paper is concerned with the stylistic variations between the TS and NYT headlines in the use of non-lexicalized conceptual metaphors and metonymies”）. Paragraph five establishes a niche by indicating a search gap （“Little work is availab le which focuses on comparing journalistic discourse in different varieties of English across cultures.”）. Paragraph six occupies the niche by putting forward the hypothesis and outlining purpose （“It is thus hypothesized that fewer non-lexicalized metaphors and metonymies are used in TS headlines than in their corresponding NYT headlines in order to increase the accessibility of TS headlines to general TS readers.” “In addition， a stylistic analysis has been performed to explore the variations between the NYT and TS headlines in the cognitive，pragmatic， and rhetorical roles of non-lexicalized metaphors and metonymies.”）. And the last paragraph indicates the importance of the paper. The literature review is “hidden” in the thesis rather than placed in a discreet section. The majority of the literature review can be fond in section 3.1. It is idea-driven

and examples of conceptual metaphor and metonymy are provided （e.g.，“A is used to stand for B for some purpose in some context，as is the case with the common metonymical expression White House，where the vehicle concept is ‘the official residence of the U.S. President，’ standing for the target concept ‘the authorities working in the official residence of the U.S. President.’”）.

Section 3.2 presents the results of the textual survey and explores variations in non-lexicalized conceptual metaphors and metonymies between TS and NYT headlines. I like the discussion of the result so much. The author does not repeat the data in words. Instead， he gives his judgments （“The figures in Table 5 indicate that non-lexicalized metaphors and metonymies frequently arise in the sub-corpus of NYT and TS headlines. A total of 482 instances of non-lexicalized metaphoric and metonymic headlines have been found in the 525 pairs of corresponding headlines for the present study. In addition， fewer TS headlines than NYT headlines have been found to have a non-lexicalized figure of speech in question. The degree of non-lexicalized figurations is thus reduced mildly to make TS hea dlines more accessible to general TS readers.”）. The author also gives explanation for the results （“In 39 pairs of headlines only the NYT headline is metonymic， while in 25 pairs only the TS headline is metonymic. The lesser variation in the use of metonymy