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题名/责任者:

Hyperbole in English : a corpus-based study of exaggeration / Claudia Claridge.

出版发行项:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

ISBN:

9780521766357 (hardback)

ISBN:

0521766354 (hardback)

载体形态项:

xiii, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

丛编说明:

Studies in English language.

丛编统一题名:

Studies in English language.

个人责任者:

Claridge, Claudia.

论题主题:

English language-Idioms.

论题主题:

Figures of speech.

论题主题:

Exaggeration (Philosophy)

论题主题:

Corpora (Linguistics)

中图法分类号:

H31

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

内容附注:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. The characteristics of hyperbole; 3. Realisations of hyperbole; 4. Using hyperbole: the speaker perspective; 5. Hyperbole in interaction; 6. Conventionalisation; 7. The rhetoric of hyperbole; Conclusion.

摘要附注:

"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 literary works from Chaucer to Monty Python. Combining quantitative and qualitative analyses, it uses approaches from semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis and classical rhetoric, to investigate in detail both speaker-centered and emotive aspects of hyperbole, and also addressee-related aspects, such as interpretation and interactional uptake. Illustrated with a range of diachronic case studies, hyperbole is also shown to be a main means of linguistic creativity, and an important contributor to language change. The book concludes with an exploration of the role of hyperbole in political speaking, humour, and literature. Original and in-depth, it will be invaluable to all those working on meaning, discourse, and historical linguistics".

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