Tag: Metonymy and Synecdoche
Metonymy, synecdoche, contiguity, part-whole language and figurative compression.
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English as Art | The Thing Beside the Thing — Metonymy, Synecdoche, Contiguity, Part and Whole, Cultural Shorthand and the Art of Meaning by Association | Vol.101
A longform guide to metonymy and synecdoche: how English makes one thing stand for another through association, contiguity and part-whole relations, and how writers use this quiet figurative engine for compression, style, cohesion, power and cultural meaning.