Figures of Speech: 60 Ways To Turn A Phrase
Author:   Arthur Quinn ,  Barney R. Quinn
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
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Pages:   112
Publication Date:   01 November 1995
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Figures of Speech: 60 Ways To Turn A Phrase


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Overview

Writing is not like chemical engineering. The figures of speech should not be learned the same way as the periodic table of elements. This is because figures of speech are not about hypothetical structures in things, but about real potentialities within language and within ourselves. The ""figurings"" of speech reveal the apparently limitless plasticity of language itself. We are inescapably confronted with the intoxicating possibility that we can make language do for us almost anything we want. Or at least a Shakespeare can. The figures of speech help to see how he does it, and how we might. Therefore, in the chapters presented in this volume, the quotations from Shakespeare, the Bible, and other sources are not presented to exemplify the definitions. Rather, the definitions are presented to lead to the quotations. And the quotations are there to show us how to do with language what we have not done before. They are there for imitation.

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Author:   Arthur Quinn ,  Barney R. Quinn
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.150kg
ISBN:  

9781880393024


ISBN 10:   1880393026
Pages:   112
Publication Date:   01 November 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface; To And or Not to And; Effective Misspelling; Missing Links and Headless Horsemen; Man Bites Dog; Reds in the Red; More Than Enough; There There; Repetition Again; Conclusion

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