5.5. Metonymy: sense and function
A distinction that makes a difference, exclusivity, and spirituality of consumption can be listed among the factors that can make a product more emotionally desirable. Spirituality of consumption can be explained as a cult of consumption where the items consumed are relating users to worshiped individuals, e.g. Michael Jordan for Nike products, various rock stars for Addidas sport equipments, etc. Krippendorff (1992:38) says “metonymy explains or overcomesthe difference created by drawing a distinction between something and wherein it resides…”and “…something makes sense when we understand the role it plays in a particular context,when we have metonymic understanding of what we see it does.”