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From: Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de>
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Subject: Re: What is this figure of speech called?
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:06:12 +0100
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Loki Harfagr wrote:
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>> What is the figure of speech called in which one uses the name of a
>> thing in place of the names of one or more people? E.g. 'England' for a
>> particular group of football players, or 'No. 10 issued a statement' for
>> 'The PM's spokesman issued a statement.'
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> metonymy, though I guess you'd also need to check "synecdo[cq]ue".
"synecdoche" IIRC.
Einde O'Callaghan
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