ISBN-13: 9780521766357 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 316 str.
The first investigation of hyperbole in English, drawing on authentic data from spoken conversation, TV, newspapers, and literary works.
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.
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