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英语修辞手法metonymy and synecdoche
Ozawa 是交响乐队的指挥,而指挥是乐团的灵魂。因此,借Ozawa 之名 代他所指挥的交响乐队的全部演出,使其主要责任人一目了然
10、Concrete - Abstract Metonymy
(1) Concrete for Abstract The pen (words) is mightier than the sword (forces).
Classification
Types of Metonymy
1、Part - Whole Metonymy (1) The Part for the Whole Deliver to the door. (house) (2) The Whole for the Part The car broke down. (one part of the car) 2、Producer for Product He bought a Ford. (Fort’s car) I am reading Lu Xun. (Lu Xun’s works) 3、The typical objects for the occupation or people engaged in the profession When we speak, we must address the chair. (chairman) His elder sister went on the stage (become an actor); the younger one had taken the veil ( the vocation of a nun).
7、Container for Content After her husband left her, Wendy took to the bottle. (bottle——wine) The film star has a large wardrobe. (wardrobe ——clothes)
4、Location Metonymy
(1)The Place for the Event Let’s not let Thailand become another Vietnam.
(2) The Place for the People The whole city is excited. The whole town showed up.
Its function is to express an idea briefly and effectively by compressing much into a single word or a short noun phrase. The following is a list of metonymies:
for the king, etc.
用某一事物的名称代替另外一个与它关系密切的事物的名称,只要一提到其中一种事物, 就会使人联想到另一种。比如用the White House 代替美国政府或者总统, 用the bottle来代 替wine 或者alcohol, 用the bar 来代替the legal profession,用 crown代替 king等。
Metonymy & Synecdoche
Contents
(一) Metonymy
1. Definition 2. The Classification (二) Synecdoche 3. Definition 4. Thon of Metonymy
6. Name of a clear sign of an object or a person as a name for the object or the person Those big noses, blue eyes and yellow hair taught them English. (Foreigners who possess these features)
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, as in the use of the White
House for the United States government or president, of the bottle for wine or alcohol, of the bar for the legal profession and the crown
5. body part as a name for the sense, behavior or ability He has a good ear for music. (The ability to appreciate or enjoy) He has a sharp tongue. (Using biting or severe words in speech)
8、Material for Object glass - cup brass - brass product watercolor - a painting produced with watercolors
9. Controller for the controlled It was a great pity that Ozawa gave a terrible concert last night .
This substituted name may be an attribute of that other thing or be closely associated with it. In other words, it involves a "change of name", the substituted name suggesting the thing meant.