Work and Labour as Metonymy and Metaphor

This paper proposes to use the tools of literary analysis (the reference to subtexts) and of linguistics (metaphor and metonymy) to shed light on the work/labour controversy and, beyond that, to map the galaxy of representations of work/labour through a study of the meanings associated with work/lab...

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Main Author:	Olivier Frayssé
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	tripleC 2014-09-01
Series:	tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
Subjects:	work labour metonymy metaphor subtext cognitive linguistics Adam Smith Marxism
Online Access:	https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/546

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spelling	doaj-4c1c9a09b58e419d97b90bb8296d62932020-11-25T01:47:56ZengtripleCtripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X1726-670X2014-09-01122468–485468–48510.31269/triplec.v12i2.546546Work and Labour as Metonymy and MetaphorOlivier Frayssé0Université Paris SorbonneThis paper proposes to use the tools of literary analysis (the reference to subtexts) and of linguistics (metaphor and metonymy) to shed light on the work/labour controversy and, beyond that, to map the galaxy of representations of work/labour through a study of the meanings associated with work/labour in several languages. It aims to provide a set of theoretical tools that can be used to find a common language in order to discuss digital work/labour issues as a subcategory of work/labour issues in general.https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/546worklabourmetonymymetaphorsubtextcognitive linguisticsAdam SmithMarxism
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description	This paper proposes to use the tools of literary analysis (the reference to subtexts) and of linguistics (metaphor and metonymy) to shed light on the work/labour controversy and, beyond that, to map the galaxy of representations of work/labour through a study of the meanings associated with work/labour in several languages. It aims to provide a set of theoretical tools that can be used to find a common language in order to discuss digital work/labour issues as a subcategory of work/labour issues in general.
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Work and Labour as Metonymy and Metaphor

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