Metonymy : hidden shortcuts in language, thought and communication /
"'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 hand' are all e...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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