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A STUDY OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN PROVERBS, with special Reference to Simile, Metaphor, Personification, and Hyperbole

  • Ahmed E
Egyptian Journal of English Language and Literature Studies (2022) 11(1) 35-62
DOI: 10.21608/ejels.2022.285062
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… Hyperbole The fourth figure of speech in this study is hyperbole. Hyperbole is an exaggeration or overstatement, usually deliberate and not meant to be taken literally ( Larson ,1998). …

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Ahmed, E. A. A. A. (2022). A STUDY OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN PROVERBS, with special Reference to Simile, Metaphor, Personification, and Hyperbole. Egyptian Journal of English Language and Literature Studies, 11(1), 35–62. https://doi.org/10.21608/ejels.2022.285062

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