LessonsMetonymy, Compound Figurative Expression and Mental AttributionQuiz

RelationNamedIntended
SababiyyaCauseEffect
MusabbabiyyaEffectCause
Juz'iyyaPartWhole
KulliyyaWholePart
Ma kanFormer conditionPresent subject
Ma yakunFuture conditionPresent subject
MahalliyyaPlaceOccupants
HaliyyaOccupying statePlace

Use the table diagnostically. The decisive issue is always the direction of reference from the word uttered to the thing intended.

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Summary table: eight relations

Metonymy, Compound Figurative Expression and Mental Attribution

Use the table diagnostically. The decisive issue is always the direction of reference from the word uttered to the thing intended.