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Poetic figurative-literal meaning reversals in puns

Christina Alm-Arvius

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In this paper metonymy and metaphor are described in relation to the notion of poetic meaning, the definitional feature shared by all types of figurative uses. Even if both these types of tropes wi ...

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In this paper metonymy and metaphor are described in relation to the notion of poetic meaning, the definitional feature shared by all types of figurative uses. Even if both these types of tropes wi ...

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In this paper metonymy and metaphor are described in relation to the notion of poetic meaning, the definitional feature shared by all types of figurative uses. Even if both these types of tropes wi ...

Key concepts: Literal and figurative language, Meaning (existential), Metaphor, Metonymy, Linguistics, Poetry, Relation (database), Feature (linguistics)

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