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Originally Posted by YayaGurl What are their differences and can you give examples...
If I were to say "Computer chips created an important new technology." then what would my "chip" be? Is it a Polysemy because it has another meaning (like "Potatoe Chips")? Or Metonymy? |
As often with figurative language - where a figure of speech can have many layers - 'chips' here is both (with added personification).
Polysemy - as in 'potato[no E) chips' (which itself trades on the other meaning - as in 'chip of wood'/
Metonymy - 'chips' doesn't just mean chips. It doesn't even just mean computers, nor does it just mean all the domestic appliances and other everyday things that have computer chips in them - phones, cars, washing machines... It means the software that uses the chips, what it can do, and all the associated changes that the new technology brings.
Personification - a
person creates things.
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English Grammar Glossary - UsingEnglish.com
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