This variety of metonymy is the replacement of a direct name of a thing or phenomenon by the description of some quality of this thing or phenomenon.
Assigned features. Periphrasis intensifies a certain feature of the object described. It stands close to metonymy because it is one more way to rename objects. Classification. There are such types of periphrasis as logical and figurative. Logical periphrasis is based upon one of the inherent properties of the object: weapons = instruments of destruction; love = the most pardonable of human weaknesses; Київ = місто каштанів;
figurative periphrasis is based upon metaphor or metonymy: to marry = to tie the knot (metaphor); enthusiast = young blood (metonymy); money = mot of evil (metaphor). Communicative functions. Besides rendering stylistic information, periphrasis performs a cognitive function: it deepens our knowledge of the objective world. Wore examples: cotton = white gold = біле золото; furs = soft gold = m 'яке золото; lawyer = a gentleman of the long robe = людина у мантії; women = the better (fair) sex = краща (прекрасна) стать; medical men = people in white gowns = люди у білих халатах; ordinary person = a man in the street = людина з вулиці; wife = my better half = моя краща половина; policeman = guardian of public order = охоронець правопорядку. oil = black gold = чорне золото;
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будинок - затишок від вітру та опадів буде погода, як не потече з неба вода, (дощ)
