Hyperbole in English: A Corpus-based Study of Exaggeration (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)

Hyperbole in English: A Corpus-based Study of Exaggeration

(Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)

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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.

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Forlag Cambridge University Press
Forfatter Claudia (Universitat Duisburg-Essen) Claridge
Type Bog
Format Paperback / softback
Sprog Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato 17-04-2014
Første udgivelsesår 2014
Serie Studies in English Language
Illustrationer 26 Tables, black and white; 11 Line drawings, unspecified
Originalsprog United Kingdom
Sideantal 316
Indbinding Paperback / softback
Forlag Cambridge University Press
Sideoplysninger 316 pages, 26 Tables, black and white; 11 Line drawings, unspecified
Mål 178 x 227 x 20
ISBN-13 / EAN-13 9781107637504