Some examples place two pronouns after a polysemous term. The first relates to one sense, the second to another, although both remain formally linked to the same antecedent word.
Method of analysis: identify the shared expression and its possible meanings, locate each pronoun grammatically, and determine the sense required at each point. Identical pronoun forms alone do not establish the device; the semantic change does.
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Ilm al-Badiʿ: The First Nine Semantic Rhetorical Devices
Some examples place two pronouns after a polysemous term. The first relates to one sense, the second to another, although both remain formally linked to the same antecedent word.
Method of analysis: identify the shared expression and its possible meanings, locate each pronoun grammatically, and determine the sense required at each point. Identical pronoun forms alone do not establish the device; the semantic change does.