Conceptual silencing as a rhetorical tool. A cognitive lexical semantics study of the lexical item Europe
Taking a cognitive lexical semantics perspective, the article introduces the concept of conceptual silencing as a rhetorical tool. Understood as a process of conceptual dissolution of meaning to offer a more coarse-grained sense of an expression, conceptual silencing is demonstrated to have a poten...
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| Language: | English |
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Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne/ Polish Rhetoric Society
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Res Rhetorica |
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| Online Access: | https://resrhetorica.com/index.php/RR/article/view/467 |