-
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...
- anarchists, communists, and
socialists whose luxurious lifestyles,
metonymically including consumption of champagne, are
ostensibly in
conflict with...
-
White House loses its balance." In this case, "The
White House" is used
metonymically to
represent the U.S. government, and "balance"
could be interpreted...
- take
either singular or
plural verb
forms depending on
context and the
metonymic shift that it implies.
Morphological derivation accounts for many collective...
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Diminutive Double-barrelled
Epithet Animal Common Plant Eponymic Matronymic Metonymic Mononymic Occupational Patronymic Surname Sobriquet Teknonymic Toponymic...
- name
kremlin means "fortress
inside a city", and is
often also used
metonymically to
refer to the
Russian government. It
previously referred to the government...
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Diminutive Double-barrelled
Epithet Animal Common Plant Eponymic Matronymic Metonymic Mononymic Occupational Patronymic Surname Sobriquet Teknonymic Toponymic...
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National Diet, are, however, not
known as the "Chrysanthemum Throne". In a
metonymic sense, the "Chrysanthemum Throne" also
refers rhetorically to the head...
-
journalism organizations that
publish newspapers are
themselves often metonymically called newspapers.
Newspapers have
traditionally been
published in print...
- it does, he is
bowled out) and to
score runs
where possible.
Through metonymic usage, the
dismissal of a
batter is
known as the
taking of a wicket, The...
