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Eng152
Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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What's a metaphor? | Metaphor is the expression of one concept in terms of another concept, such as an abstract concept as a physical experience. |
How does a metaphor work? | The characteristics of the physical experience are transferred to the abstraction |
How do we interpret metaphors? | Our past experiences of a metaphor give us knowledge of correspondences between two conceptual domains.We seek correspondences between the two conceptual domains. |
What is a Metonymy? | The use of one entity to refer to another that is related to it, often the use of a part for a whole. The ham sandwich is waiting for his check. |
How do Metonymy's work? | No transferral of characteristics. Instead the pertinent part of the entity is expressed |
How do we interpret Metonymy's? | They point out what is important in a scene. They remind us of other things with similar characteristics |