ANT253H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Metonymy, Laziness, Anthropomorphism
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Metonymy entails the use of a conceptual entity within a domain to represent the entire domain: There is a dynamic interaction between brain processing of language, and the environment as dictating it. Metaphor: interaction of meaning love and taste = chocolate. Metonym is a word that is representative of a concept by association. Example: hollywood" is a metonym for us film industry and: hes just another pretty face, there are an awful lot of faces in the audience, we need some new faces around here. People as individuals are defined through faces, not other parts of the body. The producer (brand) for the product: ill have a heineken, we bought a ford. Irony constitutes a discourse strategy whereby words are used to convey a meaning contrary to their literal sense. Methaphor metonymy irony (emergence of irony in children happens later, after metonymy. Iconic gesticulants, which bear a close resemblance to the referent or referential domain of an utterance.
