Metonymy: Hidden Shortcuts in Language, Thought and Communication by Jeannette Littlemore

Metonymy: Hidden Shortcuts in Language, Thought and Communication

Cambridge Studies in Cognitive Linguistics

Jeannette Littlemore

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'Metonymy' is a type of figurative language used in everyday conversation, a form of shorthand that allows us to use our shared knowledge to communicate with fewer words than we would otherwise need. 'I'll pencil you in' and 'let me give you a han...

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