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This would seem to be a special case of either synecdoche
http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/S/synecdoche.htm
or periphrasis
http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/P/periphrasis.htm
Take your pick.
Best,
John Dillon
On Monday, November 7, 2005, at 4:02 pm, Brenda Cook wrote:
> I suspect I may have asked this question a year or so ago but we
> do have new
> listers ...
>
> I am seeking the correct technical term for the rhetorical trope
> in which
> the undifferentiated plural is used instead of the specific singular:
>
> eg I say "I've got visitors this weekend"
>
> instead of saying "Mary Jones is staying with me this weekend".
>
> You may consider this an "Eng Lit" sort of question, but Rhetoric
> was part
> of the Quadrivium. Perhaps if there is not an expert on the Seven
> LiberalArts about, someone might be able to diect me to another
> List or website.
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