Metonymy

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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'' are both examples of metonymic language. Metonymy serves a wide range of communicative functions, such as textual cohesion, humour, irony, euph...
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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'' are both examples of metonymic language. Metonymy serves a wide range of communicative functions, such as textual cohesion, humour, irony, euph...
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  • Formats: epub
  • ISBN: 9781316234471
  • Publication Date: 29 Jan 2015
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM