Hyperbolization as a tool of political manipulation (on the example of press headlines in the weekly magazines “Do Rzeczy” and “W Sieci”) Cover Image

Hiperbolizacja jako narzędzie politycznej manipulacji (na przykładzie nagłówków prasowych w tygodnikach „Do Rzeczy” i „W Sieci”)
Hyperbolization as a tool of political manipulation (on the example of press headlines in the weekly magazines “Do Rzeczy” and “W Sieci”)

Author(s): Aleksandra Kujawiak
Subject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: hyperbole; political manipulation; press headlines

Summary/Abstract: The article features the analysis of hyperbole as a means of political manipulation usingan example of press headlines. The collected material was analyzed taking the valuecriterion into account. Negative and positive hyperboles and hyperbolization deviceswere distinguished which turned out to be mainly the lexemes included in specificsemantic fields.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 52
  • Page Range: 155-162
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish