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Metonymy is a cognitive process in our conceptual structure. Possessional Expression in Idealized Cognitive Model is divided into four types, such as ①'possessum→possessor' schema, ②'part→whole' schema, ③'whole→part' schema, ④'part event→whole event' schema. Types ①,②, and ③ are 'referential metonymy' of space contiguity. Type ④ is 'predicative metonymy' of time contiguity. Those source domain of four types become reference point, and they approach target domain. Schema ①, ②, and ④ are metonymic extensional transfer, which 'part' indicates 'whole'. The schema ③'whole→part' is metonymic reduction transfer, which source and target domain are asymmetric. Next, the continuum of source domain and target domain are as follows: In type ① source domain adjoins target domain spatially. In type ② source domain is included in target domain spatially. In type ③ source domain includes target domain spatially. In type ④ source domain is included in target domain temporally. In case of Possessional Expression, 'part→whole' schema appears more often than 'whole→part' and spatial metonymy appears more extensively than temporal metonymy.