The Use of Synecdoche in English Language

Abstract

      Various scholars classify synecdoche as a figure of speech or a distinct trope, in which others might see it a certain sort of metonymy, though others enlarge it to be a main trope which comprises most metonymical associations. A classical rhetoric phenomenon is known by the term synecdoche which alternates part for whole and species for sorts or vice versa.

    It seems to have different depictions that change from a researcher to another in fluctuating from a trope to another. According to Nordquist (2014:1), part of synecdoche is utilized to signify the whole and vice versa and it may also be known as a word that can be replaced through figurative speech for example, we call fireside as a hearth which represents a part of the fireplace.

     Actually, the problem of the present paper deals with how native speaker utilizes synecdoche in his speech as to comprehend the factual meaning of synecdoche in the cultural language and where did he use it only in spontaneous conversation or informal conversation?

     Then, the researcher completes his paper by stating that people and authors may draw readers' attention through the use of synecdoche in their speech which gives profounder meanings to their common ideas and matters.

    Lastly, Synecdoche looks like other types of figure of speeches that make words seem glowing when it is presented properly and thus it adds a bright color to the words. To insert this '' life'' factor to literary, political, educational as well as casual conversation, speaker of English language will understand the meaning of the used words vividly.