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L’expression de l’intensité par la conséquence ou la cause
Corela, 2005 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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Russian Journal of Linguistics, 2021 (How) Can the use of hyperbole in metaphorical idioms and scenarios contribute to an increase in emotionalisation of public debates? Using a research corpus of quotations from British politicians speeches and interviews and of press texts 2016-2020, this
Andreas Musolff
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Aegadeülene heitlus II. Kuidas Kreutzwaldi „Kalevipoeg” taasloob Goethe „Fausti”?
Keel ja Kirjandus, 2023 This article is a sequel to “Struggle over the ages I: Reading Kreutzwald’s “Kalevipoeg” as opposite in meaning to Goethe’s “Faust”” (Parksepp 2023).
Tõnis Parksepp
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Hyperbolic geometrical optics: Hyperbolic glass
Journal of Mathematical Physics, 2006 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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‘Not one word of it made any sense’: Hyperbolic synecdoche in the British National Corpus
NJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2016 A distinct metonymic pattern was discovered in the course of conducting a corpus-based study of figurative uses of WORD. The pattern involved examples such as Not one word of it made any sense and I agree with every word.
Annelie Ädel
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L’EXPRESSION DE L’EXTRÊME. FORMES ET FONCTIONS DE L’INTENSITÉ DANS MANON LESCAUT
Estudios Románicos, 2021 Nous prenons comme point de départ l’extraordinaire profusion des marques d’intensité insérées dans L’histoire de Manon Lescaut et du chevalier des Grieux afin d’analyser leurs différentes fonctions communicatives en tenant compte de leur inscription ...
Àngels Catena
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The evaluative dimension of metaphor in discourse: Nn the possibilities of bringing together conceptual metaphor theory and appraisal theory [PDF]
Južnoslovenski Filolog, 2020 The mechanisms of metaphorical evaluation have to date been little explored in the study of evaluative language and the study of metaphor, despite some earlier attempts to place them more firmly on the linguistic science agenda.
Bogetić Ksenija D.
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HYPERBOLE AS A PERSUASION TOOL IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE (THE CASE OF BRITISH POLITICIANS’ SPEECH)
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. Языкознание, 2019 The article investigates hyperboles as a persuasion tool in British political discourse. The corpus under analysis comprises scripts of speeches by UK Permanent Representative to the UN Karen Pierce, Prime Minister Theresa May and Foreign Secretary ...
Tatyana M. Golubeva
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Let your students cheat on mathematics online exams: students’ perspectives
Malikussaleh Journal of Mathematics Learning, 2021 The Covid-19 outbreak has an impact on the provision of education. One of them is the process of online assessment or examination. Difficulties occur during online exams; weak supervision can increase cheating behavior among students. Generally, teachers
Erdawati Nurdin +6 more
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Figurative Language in Bullet For My Valentine Album “Scream Aim Fire”
Humanis, 2019 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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