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AlexandreAnother Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Is this a metonymy?

Two-space and three-space vectors are drawn on two
axes and three axes to illustrate many of the properties, measurements, and
operations involving vectors.

He says two axes and three axes instead of graph with 2 axes and graph with 3 axes.
  

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AlexandreAnother He says two axes and three axes instead of graph with 2 axes and graph with 3 axes. True, but I don't think that that is sufficient to say that the sentence contains metonymy. It's not as if either the graphs or the axes represent anything but the graphs and axes.

— CalifJim

  • AlexandreAnother He says two axes and three axes instead of graph with 2 axes and graph with 3 axes.
  • True, but I don't think that that is sufficient to say that the sentence contains metonymy.
  • It's not as if either the graphs or the axes represent anything but the graphs and axes.
  • CJ
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AlexandreAnotherHe says two axes and three axes instead of graph with 2 axes and graph with 3 axes.
True, but I don't think that that is sufficient to say that the sentence contains metonymy. It's not as if either the graphs or the axes represent anything but the graphs and axes.



CJ
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Yeah, thank you. I wasn't sure so I asked it, but if it's not a metonymy what is it? I am wondering if there's any term for such a thing.
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AlexandreAnotherYeah, thank you. I wasn't sure so I asked it, but if it's not a metonymy what is it? I am wondering if there's any term for such a thing.
I don't think there is a term. I believe that in the context of mathematics it is just assumed that axes, just by the common sense of the reader, would be taken to be the axes of a graph, so I don't think th
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But I mean he says on the axes, but really it's not like it's on the axes, on the graphs maybe, but not on the axes.
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I am 100% certain that it must be a metonymy since axes are closely associated with graphs, much more than ears are to human beings. The phrase "lend me your ear" can be interpreted as a metonymy.
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