The book defines linguistic metonymy as the implicit co-activation of source target and the relation between them. Furthermore it proposes a typology of metonymies based on the mental contents they involve. These results may prevent the category of metonymy from beco... Lees meer.

The book presents a survey of the studies of metonymy in various aspects of language from the cognitive linguistic perspective. It discusses the role of metonymy not only in the traditional domain of semantics but also in morphology linguistic pragmatics and formal dim... Lees meer.

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Metonymy is a type of figurative language used in everyday conversation a form of shorthand that allows us to use our shared knowledge to communicate with fewer words than we would otherwise need. I ll pencil you in and let me give you a hand areall examples of m... Lees meer.

Although metonymy has long been recognized as being a central device in poetic language it has received little critical attention in its own right. Not only has this created a gap in literary analytical scholarship which needs to be addressed but it has also allowed f... Lees meer.

This volume offers new insights into figurative language and its pervasive role as a factor of linguistic change. This volume offers new insights into figurative language and its pervasive role as a factor of linguistic change. The case studies included in this book... Lees meer.

This book will survey the broad range of Cristina Iglesias s work from its beginnings in the mid-1980s until the present. In addition to focusing on sculptures made for museum and gallery contexts it will reference Iglesias s various and much acclaimed public pieces an... Lees meer.

This volume offers new insights into figurative language and its pervasive role as a factor of linguistic change. The case studies included in this book explore some of the different ways new metaphoric and metonymic expressions emerge and spread among speech communitie... Lees meer.

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This study is based on Kenneth Burke s model of metonymy and Devenyi distinguishes metonymic drama structure from the metaphoric symbolic and allegorical. Kristeva s theory of the semiotic and Barker s observations on the private body to dramatic texts are applied to... Lees meer.

English lyric poetry from Wyatt to Donne falls into three consecutive stylistic phases. Tottel s Miscellany presided over the first making the lyrics of Wyatt and Surrey available for imitation by mid-century poets like Barnabe Googe George Turberville and George Gas... Lees meer.

Poppy wants to go to college like everyone else but her father has other ideas. Ever since her twin sister Lola mysteriously vanished Poppy s father has been depressed and forces her to stick around. She hopes she can convince Lola to come home and perhaps also pr... Lees meer.

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This book is your ultimate Metonymy resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information facts quotes and much more. In easy to read chapters with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Metonymy s whole picture right a... Lees meer.

Metonymy and Language presents a new theory of language and communication in which the central focus is on the concept of metonymy the recognition of partial matches and overlaps. Through the use of original data sets and rigorous primary research Denroche characteriz... Lees meer.