-
figure of speech, or one
could interpret a
phrase metaphorically or
metonymically. For example, the
phrase "lend me your ear"
could be
analyzed in a number...
- take
either singular or
plural verb
forms depending on
context and the
metonymic shift that it implies,
while in some
other forms of
English the verb agreement...
-
Hindu terrorism, or
sometimes Hindutva terror, or
metonymically saffron terror,
refer to
terrorist acts
carried out, on the
basis of
motivations in broad...
-
Creative Compounding in English: The
Semantics of
Metaphorical and
Metonymical Noun-Noun Combinations. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 144–146. Oxford...
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members of the
College of Cardinals.
Although the Holy See is
often metonymically referred to as the "Vatican", the
Vatican City
State was distinctively...
-
faith in the
multiparty constitution. The
election also saw the rise of
metonymic supporters of the new candidates, the
Obidient movement of
Peter Obi,...
-
ambiguities can
arise from the
intentional use of homophonic, homographic,
metonymic, or
figurative language. A pun
differs from a
malapropism in that a malapropism...
- and the duchess. Flute's name, like that of the
other mechanicals, is
metonymical and
derives from his craft: "Flute"
references a
church organ, an instrument...
- can
undergo metonymical extension when some
irrelevant but
related feature of the
original stimulus controls a response. In
metonymical extension, one...
- [citation needed] Flute's name, like that of the
other mechanicals, is
metonymical and
derives from his craft: "Flute"
references a
church organ, an instrument...
