This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I was enchanted with the words metonymy and ...

Metaphor and metonymy are usually regarded as figures of speech. Although the terms derive from literary theory, they might be better regarded as fundamental ways of thinking, of deep interest to ...

My second and third posts explain that the Executive Power Clause vested the power to execute the laws, and nothing more. As an evidentiary matter, the material they present barely scratches the ...

Let's have fun with metonymy! I got into this thicket with an early scene in my new profile of Jerry Brown. Here I was trying to convey the interesting/odd experience of talking with the man: "Do you ...

The city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy yesterday, and back in 2009 the Obama administration took some steps to help General Motors and Chrysler avoid a Chapter 7 liquidation process. There’s a ...

Authors: Hall Maudslay, R., Teufel, S., Bond, F., and Pustejovsky, J. Publication Date: 2024 Publication Type: In Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International ...

Metaphor and metonymy are usually regarded as figures of speech. Although the terms derive from literary theory, they might be better regarded as fundamental ways of thinking, of deep interest to ...