On Psychological Function of Metonymy in the Language of Fiction

Abstract

The article discusses the metonymy as a special technique of creative thinking. The authors suggest accentuating the psychological functions of the metonymy in addition to the lexical-semantic and stylistic functions on the basis of the analysis of the language of the twentieth century literature.

Keywords

• метонимия
• метафора
• троп
• творческое мышление
• психологические функции метонимии