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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

102. Rhetorical Analysis of Beauty of Famous English Sayings

Authors : Xiaona Wu, Lanlan Wang

Published in: Informatics and Management Science IV

Publisher: Springer London

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Abstract

Famous English sayings have rich ideological content and beautiful language. Due to the use of various rhetorical devices at phonological, semantic, syntactic levels and figures of speeches, the English sayings have developed a unique style. Their beauty is generated by phonological repetition, semantic antithesis, syntactic parallelism, and the use the various figures of speeches such as simile, metaphor and paradox.

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Metadata
Title
Rhetorical Analysis of Beauty of Famous English Sayings
Authors
Xiaona Wu
Lanlan Wang
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer London
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4793-0_102

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