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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Metaphor and Metonymy. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Chicago - The Chicago School of Media Theory - Metaphor-Metonymy. | Jun 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Metonymic Proper Names: A Corpus-based Account (PDF). | Jan 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - On the creative use of metonymy (PDF). | Nov 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Analyzing visual metaphor and metonymy to understand creativity in fashion. | Oct 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Metonymy and the grammar. | Jun 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Open University - Metonymy and text messaging: A framework for understanding creative uses of metonym. | May 17, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Synecdoche as a cognitive and communicative strategy. | Nov 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Education Resources Information Center - The Cognitive Nature of Metonymy and Its Implications. | Nov 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Palni Pressbooks - Metonymy: Connection by Association. | Sep 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oregon State University - College of Liberal Arts - What is Metonymy? || Oregon State Guide to Literary Terms. | Apr 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Metaphor and Metonymy. | Feb 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Literary Devices - Metonymy. | Dec 19, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indiana University Bloomington - Metaphor and Metonymy. | Oct 23, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of California, San Diego - Cognitive Science - Metonymy and Conceptual Blending. | Oct 23, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Southern California - Information Sciences Institute - Metonymy. | Oct 23, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Metonymy and the grammar. | Oct 23, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Metonymy vs Synecdoche. | Feb 21, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Metonymy. | Sep 08, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 12, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 01, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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