Practitioner from Instrument: Metonymy in Names for Physicians in the History of English
I focus here on several names for the physician in the history of English, which I suggest have metonymically evolved from names of medical instruments. I will first briefly discuss the importance of metonymy in semantic change, and indicate the theoretical background of my analysis (section 2)....
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| Language: | English |
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Institute of English Studies
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies |
| Online Access: | http://www.anglica.ia.uw.edu.pl/images/pdf/27-2-articles/Anglica-27-2-6-Toupin.pdf |