Timeline for What is the term used to describe substituting a person for something they did or created?
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| Feb 9, 2017 at 1:44 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Feb 7, 2017 at 17:05 | comment | added | JAB | @syntonicC hypallage seems to be different. That'd be more like "Program B anxiously awaits a message from Program A." | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 23:30 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/828747780818624515 | ||
| Feb 6, 2017 at 23:02 | comment | added | syntonicC | This is not my area of expertise at all but could this be an example of hypallage? | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 22:05 | vote | accept | Gerrat | ||
| Feb 6, 2017 at 22:05 | comment | added | Gerrat | @Barmar: Correct (first statement), and yes - independent. I maybe didn't phrase my example well enough, but it wasn't meant to be about any particular qualities or traits that the program exhibited, just about a way to easily refer to it in speech. | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 22:04 | answer | added | JAB | timeline score: 6 | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 22:00 | comment | added | Barmar | @Gerrat Practically all discussions that describe a computer or program as having actions or intentions are a form of anthropomorphism, but that's independent of the naming scheme that your question is about. | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 21:58 | comment | added | Gerrat |
@JAB: YES! I think the examples for deferred reference exactly represent what I'm after. Esp. "Yeats is still widely read". I thought this would have a much fancier name, but the definition is perfect. Please add that as an answer. Sorry I missed your comment till now.
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| Feb 6, 2017 at 20:48 | answer | added | Stilez | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 19:09 | answer | added | Monty Harder | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 18:51 | comment | added | Al Maki | Another example is the word "Frankenstein" used to describe the monster. grammarist.com/usage/frankensteins-monster In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Doctor Victor Frankenstein creates a monster that turns against him. The monster itself is never named. It’s described variously as “it,” “monster,” “fiend,” and so on. So, strictly speaking, Frankenstein denotes the creator of the monster, and the monster itself should be called Frankenstein’s monster, Frankenstein monster, or some equivalent. | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 18:41 | comment | added | JAB | Metonymy does seem closest to the meaning you're looking for. Perhaps deferred reference? | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 18:05 | history | edited | NVZ♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 6, 2017 at 16:47 | answer | added | TsSkTo | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 6, 2017 at 16:29 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 6, 2017 at 16:28 | history | asked | Gerrat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |