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Download full textPankhurst, Anne – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1994
This paper examines some of the problems associated with interpreting metonymy, a figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something. After defining metonymy and outlining the principles of metonymy, the paper explains the differences between metonymy, synecdoche, and metaphor. It is…
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