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Maple Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
What does "account" mean in this sentence?
Sentence:
The goal of a pragmatic account of metaphor is to explain how metaphor is understood, and in particular, how addressees construct an interpretation of the communicator ’ s meaning when a word or other linguistic expression is used metaphorically.
My question:
What does "account" mean in it?
(My guess: worth? aspect?)
Thanks in advance!
The goal of a pragmatic account of metaphor is to explain how metaphor is understood, and in particular, how addressees construct an interpretation of the communicator ’ s meaning when a word or other linguistic expression is used metaphorically.
My question:
What does "account" mean in it?
(My guess: worth? aspect?)
Thanks in advance!
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From www.m-w.com.
Definition 3b.
3 a : a statement explaining one's conduct b : a statement or exposition of reasons, causes, or motives<no satisfactory account of these phenomena> c : a reason for an action : basis <on that account I must refuse>
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Definition 3b.
3 a : a statement explaining one's conduct b : a statement or exposition of reasons, causes, or motives<no satisfactory account of these phenomena> c : a reason for an action : basis <on that account I must refuse>
CJ
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(I had looked it up in American Heritage Dictionary, and no utterly matching meaning was found by me. The close ones are "A narrative or record of events" and "A reason given for a particular action", which are not quite the same meaning with "a statement or exposition of reasons, causes, or motives"
Thank
(I had looked it up in American Heritage Dictionary, and no utterly matching meaning was found by me. The close ones are "A narrative or record of events" and "A reason given for a particular action", which are not quite the same meaning with "a statement or exposition of reasons, causes, or motives"
Thank
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