Metonymy—is a transfer of meaning based upon the association of contiguity-proximity. In metonymy the name of one thing is applied to another with which it has some permanent or temporary connection: He felt as though he must find a sympathetic intelligent ear (Th drieser). The transfer of meanings may be based on temporal spatial‚ casual‚ functional‚ instrumental and other relations. Like metaphors metonymy can be divided into trite metonymy-i.e. words of metonymic origin and genuine metonymy. In
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Anisha Pal Metonymy (Met- on- o- me) Definition: A figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name‚ but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept. Metonyms can be either real of fictional concepts representing other concepts real or fictional‚ but they must serve as an effective or widely understood second name for what they represent. Example: Hollywood – U.S. Cinema Scrooge – Wealth Trope: The
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using these elements in his writing. When he wrote‚ the reader had a sense of fear and darkness. This captivates audiences and keeps them reading. In The Masque of the Red Death‚ Edgar Allen Poe uses a castle setting‚ supernatural events‚ and the metonymy of horror to convey good gothic literature. The Masque of the Red Death conveys characteristics of a gothic story such as a setting in a castle. Prince Prospero owns a big castle in which he uses to escape the Red Death as shown in this quote: “This
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metonym for a dictatorship George Orwell’s Animal Farm is traditionally read as a satire on dictatorships in general‚ and the Bolshevik Revolution in particular. This article postulates the notion that the schema of the book has attained the force of metonymy to such an extent that whenever one alludes to the title of the book or some lines from it‚ one conjures up images associated with a dictatorship. The title of the book has become a part of the conceptual political lexicon of the English language
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Actual meaning: “the worst class” Oxymoron A condensed form of paradox in which two contradictory words (mostly adjective and noun) are used together. sweet sorrow / wise fool / bittersweet / “O hateful love! O loving hate!” (Romeo and Juliet ) A metonymy is a word or phrase that is used to
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LEXICAL STYLISTIC DEVICES Metaphor Genuine metaphors Trite(dead) metaphors Metonymy Metonymy Metonymy is the substitution of one word for another with which it is associated: ‘The White House said…’ (the American government) ; the press (newspapers and magazines); the cradle(infancy‚ place of origin);the grave(death); The hall applauded; The marble spoke; The kettle is boiling; I am fond of Agatha Christie; We didn’t speak because there were ears all around us; He was about a sentence away from
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Metonymies are used in very often in literature‚ and also in everyday speech. A metonymy is a word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word. metonymy is often chosen because it is a wellknown characteristic of the word. In this example‚ metonymy is applied because the pen isn’t the thing that is mighty over the sword; it’s the written words being mighty over the violence and destruction‚ and force. For example‚ the word "pen" is not always standing in for the written word; often‚
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Metonymy Part 1 Comments and counter-suggestions on the following preliminary readings: Lakoff and Johnson 1980‚ Metaphors we live by Panther and Thornburg 2004‚ The role of conceptual metonymy in meaning construction Raden and Kovecses ‚ Towards a Theory of metonymy Otono 2001‚ High level metonymy and linguistic structure Gibbs 1994‚ Figurative thought and figurative language Metonymy and synecdoche are ill-defined. Essentially‚ they are not defined at all. Instead of providing a definition
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In the previous chapter I presented the default cases of metonymy and how cognitive and communicative principles govern the selection of a preferred metonymic vehicle. These principles enable us to understand why we choose certain entities to access a target and why some vehicle-to-target routes have been conventionalized in the language. However‚ it sometimes occurs that cognitive and communicative principles are overridden because of the speaker’s expressive needs or a particular social situation
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Litotes - A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. 10. Metaphor - An implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common. 11. Metonymy - A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; also‚ the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it. 12. Onomatopoeia - The use of
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