Metonymy: Hidden Shortcuts in Language, Thought and Communication

by Jeannette Littlemore

Book Overview

'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.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110845416X
• ISBN13: 9781108454162
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"