metonymy
pronunciation
How to pronounce metonymy in British English:
UK [məˈtɒnəmi]
How to pronounce metonymy in American English:
US [məˈtɑnəmi]
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- Noun:
- substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
Word Origin
- metonymy (n.)
- 1560s, from French métonymie (16c.) and directly from Late Latin metonymia, from Greek metonymia, literally "a change of name," related to metonomazein "to call by a new name; to take a new name," from meta- "change" (see meta-) + onyma, dialectal form of onoma "name" (see name (n.)). Figure in which the name of one thing is used in place of another that is suggested by or associated with it (such as the Kremlin for "the Russian government"). Related: Metonymic; metonymical.
Example
- 1. As the title suggests , this thesis is intended to study metaphor and metonymy from the perspective of cognition .
- 2. The most important cognitive mechanisms for the construal of idioms are conceptual metaphor , conceptual metonymy and general knowledge .
- 3. A review of studies done on metonymy in the field of cognitive linguistics and the shortcomings of this paper .
- 4. Chapter 6 offers a comprehensive description and a summary of verbalization , with an interpretation using the metonymy model .
- 5. In addition , the roles played by metaphor and metonymy are different in the formation of different emotional conceptions .