The Metonym: Rhetoric and Oral Tradition at the Crossroads.
The article discusses the rhetorical function of metonyms and the significance of metonymy to rhetoric. Metonymy is described as the figure of association that plays a role in how thought and human language connect. The function of speech-effects such as the epithet as a metonymic channel that permi...
| Publicado en: | Oral Tradition Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 597 - 601 |
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Center for Hellenic Studies
Oct2011
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| Sumario: | The article discusses the rhetorical function of metonyms and the significance of metonymy to rhetoric. Metonymy is described as the figure of association that plays a role in how thought and human language connect. The function of speech-effects such as the epithet as a metonymic channel that permits a poet and his or her audience to access a signification inherent in their common experiences is addressed. Ways in which performance is a rhetorical event are also discussed. |
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