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Metaphor, Metonymy and Lexicogenesis
Andrew Goatly
[Human Cognitive Processing 78] 2024
► pp. 92–116

Chapter 4
Functions of metaphor and metonymy

Article outline
  • 4.1Introduction
  • 4.2Fiction
  • 4.3Persuasion, argument and argument by analogy
  • 4.4Explanation and modelling
  • 4.5Re-conceptualisation
  • 4.6Cultural and ideological (re-)production
  • 4.7Symbolism
  • 4.8Cultivating intimacy
  • 4.9Humour and games
  • 4.10Expressing emotion
  • 4.11Disguise, euphemism, hyperbole
  • 4.12Textual structuring
  • 4.13Increasing information content
  • 4.14Enhancing memorability
  • 4.15Providing new lexis and making the language system flexible
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