Hyperbole in English A Corpus-Based Study of Exaggeration |
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| Author:
| Claridge, Claudia |
| Series title: | Studies in English Language Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-76635-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $135.95 |
Book Description:
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The first investigation of hyperbole in English, drawing on genres such as spoken language, TV, newspapers, and literary works. Using approaches from semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis and classical rhetoric, it explores both speaker- and addressee-related aspects of hyperbole, and shows it to be an important contributor to language change.
The first investigation of hyperbole in English, drawing on genres such as spoken language, TV, newspapers, and literary works. Using approaches from semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis and classical rhetoric, it explores both speaker- and addressee-related aspects of hyperbole, and shows it to be an important contributor to language change.