-
heavily on
nonlinguistic metonyms,
while surrealist art
relied more on metaphors.
Lakoff and
Turner argued that all
words are
metonyms: "Words
stand for the...
- used as a
metonym for the country's government.
Since metonymy – the
process by
which metonyms are formed – is a
productive process, new
metonyms can always...
- The
cinema of the
United States,
primarily ****ociated with
major film
studios collectively referred to as Hollywood, has
significantly influenced the global...
- The
Admiralty was a
department of the
Government of the
United Kingdom that was
responsible for the
command of the
Royal Navy. Historically, its titular...
- The
Lidless Eye, a
metonym for the Dark Lord Sauron, an
embodiment of evil
power in The Lord of the Rings...
- "K Street" has
become a
metonym for
lobbying in the
United States, the same way Wall
Street in New York City
became a
metonym for the U.S.
financial markets...
- to: Hollywood, Los Angeles, a
neighborhood in
California Hollywood, a
metonym for the
cinema of the
United States Hollywood may also
refer to: Hollywood...
- upon
which the game of
baseball is pla****. The term can also be used as a
metonym for a
baseball park. The term
sandlot is
sometimes used,
although this...
- Hemisphere. Geopolitically, the term
Western Hemisphere is
often used as a
metonym for the
Americas or the "New World", even
though geographically the hemisphere...
- and news
media to use "the Vatican", "Vatican City", and even "Rome" as
metonyms for the Holy See. Most
countries of the
world maintain the same form of...
