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Rhetoric in the language of real estate marketing [PDF]
“Des. Res.”, “rarely available”, “viewing essential” – these are all part of the peculiar parlance of housing advertisements which contain a heady mix of euphemism, hyperbole and superlative.
de Boton A. +9 more
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Pointwise hyperbolicity implies uniform hyperbolicity
Oberwolfach Preprints;2009 ...
Hasselblatt, Boris +2 more
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Argumentative Hyperbole as Fallacy
In typical critical thinking texts, hyperbole is presented as being largely “argumentationally innocent” - it’s primary role being to express emotion of to bring desired emphases to a particular point.
A.J. Kreider
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Hyperbolic geometrical optics: Hyperbolic glass
We study the geometrical optics generated by a refractive index of the form n(x,y)=1∕y (y>0), where y is the coordinate of the vertical axis in an orthogonal reference frame in R2. We thus obtain what we call “hyperbolic geometrical optics” since the ray trajectories are geodesics in the Poincaré-Lobachevsky half-plane H2. Then we prove that the
De Micheli Enrico +2 more
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Optical approach of a hypercatadioptric system depth of field [PDF]
A catadioptric system is composed of a mirror and a perspective camera. Since the mirror is curved and the distance between the mirror and the camera is short, some parts of the panoramic image keep blurred.
Zenou, Emmanuel, Zhang, Siyuan
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Figurative Language in Bullet For My Valentine Album “Scream Aim Fire”
The study entitled “Figurative Language in Bullet For My Valentine’s Album Scream Aim Fire” is aimed at finding out and identifying the types of figurative language, especially personification and hyperbole, in Bullet For My Valentine’s Album, Scream Aim
Ni Luh Cintya Sandi Astini +2 more
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Platon Oyunsky’s Olonkho Nurgun Bootur the Swift and Tuvan Heroic Epics: Poetics Revisited
Introduction. The article provides a comparative analysis of artistic expressiveness means inherent to the Yakut Olonkho and Tuvan epics. The point is that poetics of the epic work Nurgun Bootur the Swift by P. A. Oyunsky recreated on the basis of folk
Gulnara E. Savvinova
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L’expression de l’intensité par la conséquence ou la cause
Giving a consequence or a cause in addition to a fact, or even instead of it, in order to express its intensity, is a very widespread rhetorical device in French. In this article, we will first examine the two types of inferences such a device builds on,
Clara Romero
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Background Numerous groups, such as the tobacco industry, have deliberately altered and misrepresented knowable facts and empirical evidence to promote an agenda, often for monetary benefit, with consequences for environmental and public health. Previous
Rebecca F. Goldberg, Laura N. Vandenberg
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Moiré Hyperbolic Metasurfaces [PDF]
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Guangwei Hu +4 more
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