Broadly reflexive relationships, a special type of hyperbole, and implications for metaphor and metonymy.

As the author has previously argued, a statement of form "Y is X" can often be taken as hyperbolic for a notably high degree of likeness between Y and X, or, instead, as hyperbolically stating how important Y is as a part of X. The present article goes further and argues that these types of hyperbol...

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Published in:	Metaphor & Symbol Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 218 - 235
Main Author:	Barnden, John
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul-Sep2018
Subjects:	Metaphor Translating & interpreting Hyperbole Metonyms Interpretation (Philosophy)
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