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Post by Pete on Jan 4, 2010 14:29:45 GMT
I have just read something akin to the following passage: He ran his own business, she was in advertising. He liked her company, she designed a logo for his. They had been together ever since.There is a word for the situation where a homonym is deliberately given more than one meaning in the same context, as here with 'company'. Does anybody know what this is called?  |
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Post by Dave on Jan 5, 2010 5:54:35 GMT
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Post by Alan Palmer on Jan 5, 2010 11:01:00 GMT
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Post by Pete on Jan 5, 2010 14:59:42 GMT
I think Alan's answer is what I was looking for.
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Post by TfS on Jan 5, 2010 17:29:01 GMT
Nice one, Alan.
TfS
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Post by Sue M-V on Jan 18, 2010 20:24:35 GMT
Except that in antanaclasis the same word is repeated with different meanings. In Pete's example, the word was not repeated, but the two meanings were understood. Is this the same thing?
Sue
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Post by Tone on Jan 18, 2010 21:47:36 GMT
> In Pete's example, the word was not repeated, but the two meanings were understood. Is this the same thing?<
I. too, pondered on that. I think it is different, but if there is no separate word for it (and I doubt that it can occur often) then that's all we've got.
Tone
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Post by Dave on Jan 19, 2010 5:41:50 GMT
Except that in antanaclasis the same word is repeated with different meanings. In Pete's example, the word was not repeated, but the two meanings were understood. Is this the same thing? Sue The repeat is understood. |
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Post by Sue M-V on Jan 19, 2010 21:23:43 GMT
Fairy Nuff!
Sue
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Post by Tone on Jan 19, 2010 21:57:20 GMT
>Fairy Nuff!<
Are you quoting me?
Tone
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Post by Sue M-V on Jan 23, 2010 22:43:14 GMT
>Fairy Nuff!<Are you quoting me? Tone No; my father. The other fairy he used to refer to was San Fairy Anne. Sue  |
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