Open AccessThe Metonymy of “Tay”(Hand) in Vietnamese
Author(s) -
Nguyễn Ngọc Bích
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
world journal of social science research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2375-9747
pISSN - 2332-5534
DOI - 10.22158/wjssr.v5n2p195
Subject(s) - metonymy , metaphor , metaphor and metonymy , linguistics , vietnamese , rhetoric , computer science , philosophy
Traditional linguistics treats metaphor and metonymy as a kind of rhetoric in language. But now many linguists have proved that metaphor and metonymy are not only a means of modification, but also a way for humans to understand things. Based on the concept of metonymy, this paper uses the methods of metonymy and implicit metaphor to analyze the word “Tay” (hand) in Vietnamese.