Which statement about Jakobson's account of metaphor and metonymy in aphasia is correct?

1. AMetaphor is alien to the contiguity disorder, metonymy to the similarity disorder.
2. BMetaphor is alien to the similarity disorder, metonymy to the contiguity disorder.
3. CMetaphor is alien to both disorders and metonymy common to both.
4. DMetaphor is common to both disorders and metonymy alien to both.

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Correct answer: B. Metaphor is alien to the similarity disorder, metonymy to the contiguity disorder.

Explanation

'Metaphor is alien to the similarity disorder, and metonymy to the contiguity disorder' (1956): each type of aphasia loses one pole.