A Philosophical Study of Metonymy
-
-
Abstract
Metonymy is more a cognitive mode of human beings than a rhetoric device. As an important linguistic phenomenon, metonymy draws the attention of both linguists and philosophers. The paper intends to discover the philosophical basis of metonymy-embodied philosophy and AS mode of cognition, through an analysis of the cognitive and logical features of metonymy. What’s more, it discusses the relationship between language and reality which metonymy reveals.
-
-