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In this updated edition of his brief, engaging book, Robert J. Fogelin examines figures of speech that concern meaning-irony, hyperbole, understatement, similes, metaphors, and others-to show how they work and to explain their attraction.

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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION; A CONCLUDING NOTE 134; WORKS CITED 135-37; INDEX

Figuratively Speaking Revised Edition Revised Edition

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
      Publication Date: 2/24/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780199739998, 978-0199739998
      ISBN10: 0199739994
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      Philosophy of language ELT & Literary Studies Literary theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this updated edition of his brief, engaging book, Robert J. Fogelin examines figures of speech that concern meaning-irony, hyperbole, understatement, similes, metaphors, and others-to show how they work and to explain their attraction.

      Table of Contents
      PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION; A CONCLUDING NOTE 134; WORKS CITED 135-37; INDEX

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