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limited namespace conflict? Same word, different abstract concept than the chair under question
by setr 7y ago
limited namespace conflict? Same word, different abstract concept than the chair under question
- tux1968 7y agoI always assumed it came by naming the person who sat in the special seat after the seat itself.
- klodolph 7y agoThis has a name! It’s called “metonymy.” It’s incredibly common in casual speech and poses unique challenges for natural language processing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy
- setr 7y agothat might be the case but the person himself is not an object to be sat upon (though this may be true metaphorically... hopefully not literally).