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Hyperbole in English
- A Corpus-based Study of Exaggeration
part of the Studies in English Language series
- Binding:
- Hardback
- Pages:
- 316
- Published:
- November 24, 2010
- Dimensions:
- 158x236x21 mm.
- Weight:
- 64 g.
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2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: January 11, 2025
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
About Claudia (Universitat Duisburg–Essen) Claridge
View all books by Claudia (Universitat Duisburg–Essen) ClaridgeDescription of Hyperbole in English
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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