Metonymy Relation
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A Metonymy Relation is a Lexical Relation where an Entity Mention is used to Denote a parent Entity.
- AKA: Metonymy.
- Context:
- It is a type of Polysemy.
- Example(s):
- Between a Building and the Organization associated with the building.
- “The [White House](i.e. presidential administration) released ...”
- Between a City and the Organization associated with the city.
- Using the word Ottawa in place of Canadian government.
- Between an Organization and the Building associated with the organization.
- “The [bank](i.e. building) is at the corner of 5th and Granville.”
- Between a body part and the person associated with the part.
- “The [50 heads](i.e. people) looked upward.”
- Between a Building and the Organization associated with the building.
- See: Meronymy Relation.
References
2009
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=metonymy
- S: (n) metonymy (substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads'))
- http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/metonymy
- Noun
- 1. The use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.
- Examples
- The White House released its official report today. — "The White House" for "The presidential administration"
- The Crown has enacted a new social security policy. — "The Crown" for "The government of the United Kingdom".
- A crowd of fifty heads — where "head" stands for person.
- Put it on the plastic — material (plastic) for object (credit card)
- Noun