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• 010 __ |a 2010034944

• 020 __ |a 9780521766357 (hardback)

• 020 __ |a 0521766354 (hardback)

• 035 __ |a (OCoLC)644696972

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• 050 00 |a PE1460 |b .C484 2011

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• 100 1_ |a Claridge, Claudia.

• 245 10 |a Hyperbole in English : |b a corpus-based study of exaggeration / |c Claudia Claridge.

• 260 __ |a Cambridge, UK ; |a New York : |b Cambridge University Press, |c 2011.

• 300 __ |a xiii, 301 p. : |b ill. ; |c 24 cm.

• 490 1_ |a Studies in English language.

• 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references and index.

• 505 8_ |a 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.

• 520 __ |a "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".

• 650 _0 |a English language |x Idioms.

• 650 _0 |a Figures of speech.

• 650 _0 |a Exaggeration (Philosophy)

• 650 _0 |a Corpora (Linguistics)

• 830 _0 |a Studies in English language.

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