The basis of implication is one meaning from which another is conventionally inferred. The route may be direct or may involve several intervening steps.
A long sword-strap suggesting tall stature depends on a recognized social and practical association. It is not a claim that every long strap logically guarantees height.
Kināyah relies on intelligible conventional association and context, allowing a speaker to suggest a quality without naming it directly.
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Representative and Implicit Metaphor, Imaginative Attribution and Kināyah
The basis of implication is one meaning from which another is conventionally inferred. The route may be direct or may involve several intervening steps.
A long sword-strap suggesting tall stature depends on a recognized social and practical association. It is not a claim that every long strap logically guarantees height.
Kināyah relies on intelligible conventional association and context, allowing a speaker to suggest a quality without naming it directly.