Homophora
Definition:
Homophora is reference that depends on cultural knowledge or other general knowledge, rather than on specific features of a particular context.
Examples:
(English)
- The use of the President in the U.S.
- The use of the sun
- The use of the baby between parents to refer to their own baby
- The use of bees to refer generically to the class of bees in Bees make honey
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Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.