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Limbajul figurativ in presa actuala- antonomaza, metafora si comparatia ironice
Figurative Language in Today's Press. Ironic Antonomasia, Metaphor and Comparison

Author(s): Ruxandra Coman
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Fundaţiei România de Mâine
Keywords: ironic metaphor; antonomasia; depreciatory comparison; the animal metaphor; ambiguity

Summary/Abstract: Most of the time, the journalistic writing takes advantage of the following semantic figures such as antonomasia, metaphor and comparison while investing them with the powerful valences of irony, in order to shape a field of social criticism or of some charges pointed at the disputed political leaders.

  • Issue Year: 10/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 180-185
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian