Metaphor, metonymy and raising

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Metaphor is domain mapping. Metonymy is domain highlighting.

{mu||He is a sheep's head.}} This saying meaning He is a fool. has:

  1. a metaphor: mapping sheep to fools
  2. a metonymy: head of a person is made equal to the person himself.
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