Metonymy: Hidden Shortcuts in Language, Thought and Communication

Metonymy: Hidden Shortcuts in Language, Thought and Communication
Categories: Art Supplies, Pencil
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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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