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Figure of speech |
Hyperbole |
Understatement |
Periphrasis |
Oxymoron |
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Definition |
A figure of speech (a form of irony) in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement. |
A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is. Contrast with hyperbole. |
Periphrasis is a roundabout way of referring to something by means of several words instead of naming it directly in asingle word or phrase. |
A figure of speech in which incongruous or seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side; a compressed paradox. |
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To which group it belongs: - according to I. R. Galperin - according to Kukharenko - according to Screbnev |
Lexical SDs and EMs Lexical SDs Paradigmatic semasiology units |
Lexical SDs and Ems Lexical SDs Paradigmatic semasiology units |
Lexical SDs and Ems Lexico-syntactic SDs Paradigmatic semasiology units |
Lexical SDs and Ems Lexical SDs Units of syntagmatic semasiology |
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Types |
Semantically it split into: - trite - genuine |
Semantically it split into: - trite - genuine |
Semantically it split into: - trite - genuine Depending on the mechanism of substitution of a word: - logical - figurative |
Semantically it split into: - trite - genuine Structurally it split into: - attributive - verbal |
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