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Record 1 1992-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Writing Styles
DEF

Semantic change in which the meaning of a word or group of words is changed by using it for another word with which it is connected... (Hartmann and Stork, Dictionary on Language and Linguistics. New-York; John Wiley and sons, 1972, p. 141)

CONT

... combination in the message corresponds to metonymy, where a word or image of a part is used to stand for a whole. (Wilden, A., The Rules are no Game. London, New-York; Routledge and Kegan Paul Inc., 1987, p. 197)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'écriture
DEF

Figure où l'on désigne un objet par le nom d'un autre qui est lié au premier dans l'expérience. (Rey-Debove, J., Lexique sémiotique. Paris; Presses universitaires de France, 1979, p. 98)

CONT

La métonymie joue du rapport syntagmatique de deux éléments; lorsque deux éléments sont très fréquemment combinés, une partie du syntagme renvoie au syntagme entier. (Marchand, F., Manuel de linguistique appliquée : la norme linguistique. Paris, Delagrave, 1975, p. 67)

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