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e)
Counter ( a device for counting)
– counter (a surface
on which various devices
can be placed)
f)
White shirt (a shirt that is white in colour)
– white shirt (a manager)
17. Define the cases of metaphor and metonymy.
a) He writes a fine hand.
b) She is the true angel in my life.
c) She is the shoulder I always cry on.
d) As the bullet pierced his chest, I watched the life flow out of him.
e) He is a snake in the grass.
18. Comment on the change of meaning in the following sentences. Define the type
of transfer.
a) When actors finished their performance on the stage, the stalls applauded and
shouted “Bravo”.
b) Mr. Pickwick bottled up his vengeance and corked it down.
c) She has just listened to Chaikovsky, which brought her relaxation.
d) The clouds were sleeping on the peak of the mountain.
e) I have not managed to eat the whole plate I was served at the dinner.
f) The classroom was laughing and shouting in exaltation.
g) All shelves in the library were full of Byron. However, they seemed to be
covered in dust.
h) She looked out of her window one day and gave her heart to the grocer’s young
man.
Changes in the denotational and connotational components of the word meaning
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