What is a thing-perceived-for-perception metonymy?

What is a thing-perceived-for-perception metonymy?

Definition
	A conventional metonymy in which reference to a thing perceived is used to stand for the perceptions it gives rise to.

Examples

Here is an example in English:

Generic
	A thing-perceived-for-perception metonymy is a kind of
	Conventional metonymies in English

Source
	Lakoff, G. 1987

Context for this page:

Concept module: thing-perceived-for-perception metonymy
In modular book: Metonymies in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Lexicon

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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