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r: rspect!
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Ve,
aa
·
ver"
'-
s
or
i
-
lllVerm
•r
u
l
s,
adjectives, give
more
descriptio:!to a passage. However, unlike adjectives,
do not only serve
the function
of quali.fying
only one
type c.f lexical
category.
stylistic
significance
may therefore
vary according to
the
function
they
serve
a. clause,
the
functions
they serve
are
more various than
that of adjectives.
(http:/!VliW'<N.courses.nus.edu.sg/<;purse/ellibst/isl03.htmn
Figurative
language
uses
"figures
of
speech",
which
is
a
way of
saying
something
of
the
org/figurative.htmlEngH&h 8703).
ARP
(1998)
says
that
"figure of
sptoech
is
any way
of
sayi.'lg something
other
than
6e ordinary way or
a
way
of
saying
one
t.'llng
meaning
anot'Ier.
Figu.ra.tive
!ar<gt g
isalanguage
(p.620).
'Figures
speed:' is a te"ln used
to describe the devices emptoyed to add colour,
decoration,
and
imaginative
expression
to
linguistic
use.
They
distinguish
figurative
or
imaginative
language
fi-om its use
a
literal manner.
Many
peop!e
use
devices
u."!consciously as
part
of
everyday
co;:mnunication. Vle
do
not
have
to
too hard
to use
figures
speech becanse
they
will come
naimall:y.
For
instance,
we say
told
him
a
thousand
times!'
tl'lis is
not
literally
true.
We
are
using
a
figure
of
sp<;ectt (hyperbole, or
exaggeration)
to
make
a
point (http://www.sl-::su.edu/-eng
·w·ww/dwrJds/litterms.pdf).
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