ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 5

In terms of methodological features of some stylistic means

English Teacher, Ferghana State University, Uzbekistan

* Email id: feruza.abdurahimova8818@yahoo.com

Online published on 30 June, 2020.

Abstract

The article touches upon the problem of elaboration of the theory of tropes hyperbole, its antipode anti-hyperbole, litotes, and meiosis. It is dedicated to the linguo-conceptual field of anti-hyperbole and expressed with verbalizers that realize the field of “conceptual semantics of anti-hyperbole” compared in English and Uzbek languages. The distinctive features of antihyperbole, litotes, and meiosis are illustrated with examples, supported with the opinions of scholars‘ research work. The novelty of the article is the mixture of tropes gives new ‘mixed (syncretic)’ stylistic devices.

Keywords

Hyperbole, Anti-Hyperbole, Verbalizers, Linguo-Conceptual Field, Litotes, Meiosis, Anti-Hyperlitotes, Anti-Hypermeosis, Anti-Hypersimile