Hyperbole in English a corpus-based study of exaggeration
"Non-literal language is ubiquitous in everyday life, and while hyperbole is a major part of this, it has so far remained relatively unexplored. This volume provides the first investigation of hyperbole in English, drawing on data from genres such as spoken conversation, TV, newspapers, and lit...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2011.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Studies in English language. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38418629*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The characteristics of hyperbole
- Realisations of hyperbole
- Using hyperbole: the speaker perspective; 5. Hyperbole in interaction
- Conventionalisation
- The rhetoric of hyperbole
- Conclusion.
