On the regularity of metonymy across languages (exemplified on some metonymies in medical discourse)
The topic of metonymy regularity has cropped up in several recent articles, a welcome sign of growing interest in this phenomenon, which may eventually contribute towards shedding more light on the phenomenon of metonymic competence, paralleling metaphoric competence (Littlemore & Low, 2006). Ho...
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Language: | English |
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2019-10-01
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Series: | ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics) |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2020-0006 |