RUDN Journal of Psychology and PedagogicsRUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics2313-16832313-1705Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)8074Research ArticleOn Psychological Function of Metonymy in the Language of FictionNovikovA LChair of General and Russian LinguisticsNovikovRUDN@yandex.ruRybakovM AChair of General and Russian Linguisticsverbum-palabra@yandex.ruPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia1501201319810508092016Copyright © 2016, Psychology and Pedagogics2016The article discusses the metonymy as a special technique of creative thinking. The authors suggest accentuating the psychological functions of the metonymy in addition to the lexical-semantic and stylistic functions on the basis of the analysis of the language of the twentieth century literature.metonymymetaphortropecreative thinkingpsychological functions of metonymyметонимияметафоратроптворческое мышлениепсихологические функции метонимии