Similar words: zeus, eugenic, euglena, augment, eugenia, size up, eugenics, blaze up. Meaning: n. use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one.
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1. Could you give a example of zeugma?
2. Zeugma, as a rhetorical device, is widely employed for its specific pragmatic functions such as merging situations of context, creating humorous or satirizing effects.
3. This paper attempts to explore some functions of zeugma from the pragmatic approach with authentic examples and how the contextual meanings of zeugma can be derived based on some pragmatic theories.
4. It points out that zeugma sometimes produces special pragmatic effect by way of language deviance.
5. Two thousand years ago this was the site of the Roman garrison town of Zeugma.
6. This paper explores into the theoretical basis of relevance by discussing the usage of four rhetorical devices in collocation variation, namely metaphor, hypallage, zeugma and pun.
7. Pickwick took his hat and his leave is an example of zeugma.
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