ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

AT-RHE-W0048 · ATLAS 251

Literary synaesthesia

A linguistic figure that links qualities conventionally associated with different sensory domains.

Explanation

A linguistic figure that links qualities conventionally associated with different sensory domains. It lets one mode of perception organise another and makes sensory boundaries imaginatively permeable.

Example

The concept becomes visible in use and can be followed as a movement of interpretation.

Counterexample

Linguistic synaesthesia is a figurative pattern and must be distinguished from neurological synaesthesia.

Distinction

Linguistic synaesthesia is a figurative pattern and must be distinguished from neurological synaesthesia.

Effect on thought and perception

It lets one mode of perception organise another and makes sensory boundaries imaginatively permeable.

Resonance

It lets one mode of perception organise another and makes sensory boundaries imaginatively permeable.

Cite this entry

Reich, Michael (Hrsg./ed.): „Literary synaesthesia“. Atlas der Sprache, AT-RHE-W0048. ATLAS 251, data model 1.6.0. https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-RHE-W0048

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